Matt C. Abbot, Catholic Online: In the early morning of March 4, 1998, Father Alfred Kunz, a priest and canon lawyer of the Diocese of Madison, Wis., was found brutally murdered in his parish school, St. Michael’s, in Dane, Wis. … Continue reading
Category: Catholic America
KC Royals VP Relates His Amazing Story of Becoming a Catholic
Trent Beattie, National Catholic Register: Is it true that you grew up Lutheran but always had respect for the Catholic Church? Yes, I grew up as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, and, while for many years I didn’t actually want to … Continue reading
Benedictine Nuns Offer Traditional Song and Liturgical Chant
CNA: Together with the joys of the Resurrection and feasting, this Easter will have an added delight: listening to the new album by the hit-making, Missouri-based Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles. “Many people do not realize that the Easter … Continue reading
An Indomitable Woman: Margaret Haughery, The Breadwoman of New Orleans
When one thinks of New Orleans and its people, the common belief is that New Orleanians are primarily of French extraction. Although the Mediterranean influence in the city since its founding and early history — both France and Spain flew … Continue reading
A Sick and Satanic US War Against Catholic Mexicans: Polk’s 1846 Massacres
I posted this in the Column section in the hope that more people would read it. Just a bit more information as a side bar: The Spanish flag has flown for a longer period over more of the land that … Continue reading
The Three Goods
What do people talk about? Apart from something current in the news, like Ebola at the moment of this writing, doubtless the favorite subject of most persons is themselves and their doings. This is so much the case that another … Continue reading
New Jersey Sister of Charity to Be Beatified October 4
This is great news for my family. My aunt is a Sister of Charity at Saint Elizabeth’s Convent where Sister Miriam Theresa resided. My aunt worked with the late Sister Zita at the Sister Miriam Theresa League House. The new … Continue reading
Suicide
Though it’s a horror from which Catholics may recoil, it is a fact that since 2001, the year our continuing war in Afghanistan was begun, more U.S. military personnel have committed suicide than have been killed in action in that … Continue reading
Papal Blasts From the Past
Leaving my apartment building last February 18, I fell on the icy front steps and broke both bones of my right forearm, the radius and ulna, about two fingers below the wrist bone. It wouldn’t be until six weeks later … Continue reading
Father Nicholas Viel, First Canadian Martyr
When the Eight North American Martyrs are praised for their apostolic zeal, holiness, and fortitude, we honor their memory: Saints Isaac Jogues, Jean de Brebeuf, Rene Goupil, Antoine Daniel, Noel Chabanel, Gabriel Lalemant, Charles Garnier, and Jean de Lalande, all … Continue reading
Southern General Longstreet Converted by Jesuit Poet Abram Ryan
Donald R. McClary, The Catholic Stand: It was in New Orleans on March 7, 1877 that Longstreet converted to the Catholic faith. His conversion was brought about by Father Abram J. Ryan, the poet laureate of the Confederacy. An Episcopalian, … Continue reading
Neighboring Village Rivalries, Not Just Football, But Religious Vocations
NYTimes.com: Growing up, the twins, now 26, milked cows side by side on the family farm. They both graduated at the top of their high school class. And with theirordination on Saturday, they have begun careers as Roman Catholic priests, … Continue reading
Catholic School ‘Kino Teens’ Serve the Hungry at Deportation Center
These generous high school students named their charity group after the intrepid Jesuit mission founder, Father Eusebius Franz Kühn, also called “chino” in Spanish. He founded 24 missions in Mexico and the Arizona area. Father Kino’s statue is one of 100 … Continue reading