This Week in Catholic History

On May 20, 1841, the cornerstone of St. Peter in Chains Cathedral, Cincinnati, was laid. More

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Spotlight: The Early Dioceses

Two hundred years ago, April 8, the Catholic Church in the United States passed from infancy to childhood. Four major dioceses encompassing every significant center of Catholic population were erected. The American Church had established itself in the New Republic. More

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Catholic History NewsSt. Theodore Guerin sculpture dedicated at National Shrine

Sainthood cause begins for American Passionist

Catholic Workers mark 75th

New book R. Ellsberg, The Duty of Delight. The Diaries of Dorothy Day 

Diocesan bicentennials underway...

...Bardstown/Louisville

...Boston

...Philadelphia

,,,New York

...Baltimore

New book N. Schneider, Joseph Elmer Cardinal Ritter: His Life and Times

New book C. Thomas, My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir

Chicago History Museum features Catholic Chicago

New book A. Bosco, Mother Benedict: Foundress of the Abbey of Regina Laudis

New book J. Bonner, The Road to Renewal: Victor Joseph Reed and Oklahoma Catholicism, 1905-1971

Anti-popery conference, Philadelphia, 9/08