If I had a son who insisted on going to college after high school, I think this institution of real education would be my first choice. Here’s a clip from George Weigel’s recent column in the Denver Archdiocesan weekly paper. … Continue reading
Category: Catholic America
Casey Jones: Legendary Railroad Engineer and Catholic
Practically every American has heard of the storied railroad engineer of the late 1800’s, Casey Jones, made famous throughout the years in song, story, and film. But it is generally not known that he was baptized a Catholic at the … Continue reading
Communist Couple Assigned to Break Down Fulton Sheen End Up His Converts
Great story by Inside Catholics’ Kevin Schmiesing about Louis Budenz, one-time editor of the Communist Party USA’s newspaper, The Daily Worker, and his wife Margaret. Inside Catholic: Archbishop Fulton Sheen was known for his “celebrity converts” — famous people whom … Continue reading
Catholic Civil War General Almost President of the United States
This is an intriguing article by Ronald J. Rychlak of Inside Catholic. I knew that Rosecrans was a Catholic convert but I never knew that Lincoln requested him for his Vice President for his second term. I was stunned, but … Continue reading
New York State’s Modern Day Martyrs of the Eucharist
Here’s a great story about a priest and a teaching sister who died trying to rescue the Blessed Sacrament from a church fire in 1967.
July 14, 1931, The Day a Block on East 131st Street in Harlem Went Silent
I could have also subtitled this column: “The Dynamic Duo: the Jewish Priest and the Negro Foundress.”
The Conversion Stories of Knute Rockne and Ralph H. Metcalfe
[The Conversion Stories of Knute Rockne and Ralph Metcalfe. “Crossing The Goal Line” by Knute Rockne, and “A Race Well Run” by Ralph H. Metcalfe, taken from Through Hundred Gates Imprimatur: Archbishop John McNicholas 1938.] I used to be impressed … Continue reading
Migrant Workers Can’t Get Sacraments for Children Due to Parish Regulations
Catholic Culture: Numerous migrant workers and their children have been prevented from receiving the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, First Confession, and First Holy Communion because of parish regulations, says Father Mike McAndrew of the Diocese of Fresno. More on this … Continue reading
Old Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Named “First” NY Archdiocesan Basilica One Year Ago Today
There is so much Catholic American history associated with this old cathedral, first dedicated on August 15, 1815, in lower Manhattan. It is now a parish with very a diverse ethnic congregation, especially of Chinese Catholics. In fact, I think, … Continue reading
The Saint and His Mountain: Brother André Bessette
[Review of Brother André: Friend of the Suffering, Apostle of Saint Joseph, by Father Jean-Guy Dubuc, C.S.C. Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, Indiana] How we all rejoiced last October when Blessed Brother André was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI. As … Continue reading
A Presidential Inauguration 150 Years Ago
It was generally ignored, but this past February 18 was an important anniversary in American history. It was on that date 150 years ago that Jefferson Davis, former U.S. Senator and former U.S. Secretary of War, was inaugurated as the … Continue reading
An American Indian Confronts a Protestant Minister, and Other Stories
[Taken from Catholic Gems & Pearls by Rev. J. Phelam, 1897] Speaking of the truth, “out of the church there is no salvation,” I remember a very amusing story related by Father De Smet, the famous American missionary. “Amongst the … Continue reading
Bl. Junipero Serra’s Cause for Sainthood in Need of One Miracle
CNA reports: It’s going to take a miracle for Blessed Father Junipero Serra, founder of the California missions, to become a saint. And, if it were up to Andrew Galvan, curator of Old Mission Dolores, that miracle would take place … Continue reading
Investigation Begins to Advance Canonization Cause for African-American Priest
A couple of years ago I wrote the story of Father Augustus Tolton for our website. Sometime afterward, I received a complimentary letter from his great grandniece. She must be very happy that the cause has entered the first phase. … Continue reading
Planned Parenthood and Other Government Funded Eugenics Programs
Thank God legislators at the federal and state (New Hampshire) level are seriously trying to defund the murderous criminal racket that goes by the name of Planned Parenthood. The PP gang was recently exposed again for their illegal activity by … Continue reading