With the approval last December 8 by Green Bay Bishop David Ricken of the apparition in 1859 of Our Lady to Adele Brise in Champion, Wisconsin, there was no question there would be a huge increase in the number of … Continue reading
With the approval last December 8 by Green Bay Bishop David Ricken of the apparition in 1859 of Our Lady to Adele Brise in Champion, Wisconsin, there was no question there would be a huge increase in the number of … Continue reading
CNA reports: U.S. Army chaplain Fr. Emil Kapaun’s cause for beatification is headed to Rome, an event the Diocese of Wichita celebrated with a July 1 Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Read full report here. You may … Continue reading
CNA reports: Iraqi Sister Olga Yaqob is beginning a women’s religious order in the Boston archdiocese this year, to carry out the Church’s mission to evangelize. More here.
It is probably safe to say that everyone reading this knows of the famous preacher on Boston Common of the 1950’s, Father Leonard Feeney, and of the religious brothers who accompanied him there each Sunday. Father preached the unvarnished truth … Continue reading
CNA reports: Jeff Grabosky has completed his 3,700-mile run across America, an endeavor he says gave him a new perspective on America and on his Catholic faith. “It feels beyond awesome. It’s still sinking in, but it’s an amazing and … Continue reading
If you watch the video, you’ll see glimpses of our religious brothers and sisters. Reminder: The 16th annual Pilgrimage for Restoration is scheduled for Friday-Sunday, September 23-25. Learn more here. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byjR0bfOvt0
L’Osservatore Romano: On Sunday, June 5th in El Burgo de Osma, Soria, Spain, Juan de Palafox will be proclaimed Blessed. It will be a day of joy, after a long process of one of the most complex Causes in the … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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.
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 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
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