August 2016
On August 16, 1868, Joseph Machebeuf was consecrated vicar apostolic of Colorado.
July 2016
On July 15, 1890, the Diocese of Dallas was established.
June 2016
On June 29, 1797, Bishop Frederic Baraga was born.
On June 20, 1908, Joel Chandler Harris was baptized.
On June 7, 1850, the sculptor Joseph Sibbel was born in Dulman, Germany.
On June 2, 1907, the cornerstone was laid for the Cathedral of St. Paul in Minnesota.
May 2016
On May 23, 1810, Archbishop Martin John Spalding was born in Bardstown, Kentucky.
On May 20, 1841, the cornerstone of St. Peter in Chains Cathedral was laid.
On May 10, 1990, novelist Walker Percy died.
April 2016
On April 21, 1876, the first monk arrived at the site of Belmont Abbey.
On April 8, 1808, the Diocese of New York was created.
March 2016
On March 30, 1820, Fr. Francis Baker was born.
On March 21, 1904, philanthropist and businessman William Grace died.
On March 19, 1844, John Martin Henni was consecrated as the first bishop of Milwaukee.
On March 8, 1833, the Diocese of Detroit was created.
On March 2, 1699, Pierre Le Moyne landed at the mouth of the Mississippi, founding the colony of Louisiana.
February 2016
On February 24, 1842, the cornerstone was laid for the Basilica of St. Mary in Natchez, Mississippi.
On February 15, 1944, Allied bombers destroyed the historic monastery of Monte Cassino.
On February 9, 1882, Margaret Haughery died in New Orleans.
On February 4, 1969, Bowie Kuhn became commissioner of Major League Baseball.
January 2016
On January 25, 1941, the Diocese of Honolulu was created.
On January 22, 1966, the Archdiocese of Anchorage, Alaska, was created.
On January 10, 1607, St. Isaac Jogues was born in France.
On January 6, 1839, the first Catholic church in Oregon was dedicated.
December 2015
On December 28, 1789, Thomas Ewing was born.
On December 26, 1896, novelist Anne Dorsey died.
On December 15, 1823, Bishop Bernard McQuaid was born.
On December 7, 1965, Vatican II's Declaration on Religious Freedom was promulgated.
November 2015
On November 29, 1914, the Basilica of St. James in North Dakota was consecrated.
On November 19, 1899, Allen Tate was born in Kentucky.
On November 9, 1816, scientist Joseph Bayma, SJ, was born.
On November 5, 1877, Las Vegas College (later Regis University) opened in New Mexico.
October 2015
On October 28, 1810, Michael Egan was consecrated as the first bishop of Philadelphia.
On October 19, 1846, the first community of Benedictines in the United States was established.
On October 13, 1833, John Baptist Purcell was consecrated bishop of Cincinnati.
On October 8, 1894, Gerald Ellard was born in Wisconsin.
September 2015
On September 29, 1803, Holy Cross Church in Boston was dedicated.
On September 16, 1797, Levi Ives was born.
On September 12, 2005, the Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg was established.
On September 1, 1772, Mission San Luis Obispo was founded.
August 2015
On August 23, 1813, the cornerstone of St. Thomas Church in Bardstown, KY, was laid.
On August 18, 1792, Fr. Demetrius Gallitzin embarked for America.
On August 15, 1858, the cornerstone of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York was laid.
On August 3, 1926, the Diocese of San Antonio was made an archdiocese.
July 2015
On July 26, 1701, construction began on the Church of St. Anne in Detroit.
On July 19, 1850, the Diocese of St. Paul, Minnesota was created.
On July 14, 1904, the Catholic Education Association was founded in St. Louis.
On July 9, 1926, Mother Alphonsa Lathrop died.
On July 2, 1863, Fr. William Corby issued a general absolution to Catholic soldiers about to engage in the Battle of Gettysburg.
June 2015
On June 24, 1799, Visitation School in Georgetown opened.
On June 19, 1851, Indian missionary Fr. Christian Hoecken died.
On June 11, 1906, Jacques and Raissa Maritain converted to Catholicism.
On June 1, 1879, James Shields died in Ottumwa, Iowa.
May 2015
On May 25, 1783, John Thayer converted to Catholicism.
On May 18, 1897, Frank Capra was born.
On May 11, 1956, St. Francis Xavier Church in Dyersville, Iowa, was named a basilica.
On May 8, 1897, the Diocese of Tucson was established.
April 2015
On April 27, 1840, the Diocese of the Californias was created.
On April 24, 1886, Augustine Tolton was ordained as the first African-American priest.
On April 15, 1884, the Diocese of Manchester, New Hampshire, was created.
On April 8, 1916, Indian missionary Fr. Francis Xavier Kuppens died.
March 2015
On March 31, 1835, John LaFarge, Sr., was born in New York.
On March 24, 1932, the historian Warren Carroll was born.
On March 19, 1768, the "Patriot Priest," Pierre Gibault, was ordained.
On March 8, 1948, the Supreme Court issued its decision in the McCollum case.
On March 6, 1842, John Odin was consecrated as bishop of the vicariate apostolic of Texas.
February 2015
On February 24, 1921, philosopher and mystery writer Ralph McInerny was born.
On February 20, 1715, Charles Calvert, the Third Lord Baltimore, died.
On February 13, 1947, Fr. Patrick Peyton's Family Theater radio program premiered.
January 2015
On January 31, 1872, the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, was created.
On January 25, 1875, Archbishop John Noll was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
On January 13, 1837, Archbishop John Purcell and Reverend Alexander Campbell opened their public debate in Cincinnati.
On January 10, 1984, President Ronald Reagan announced the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Holy See.
On January 2, 1836, Patrick Donahoe began publishing the Boston Pilot.
December 2014
On December 21, 1848, the first monks arrived at the Trappist monastery of Gethsemani, Kentucky.
On December 17, 1815, educator and missionary John Bapst, SJ, was born
On December 8, 1954, the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston was a named a basilica.
On December 2, 1841, American Catholic missionaries embarked for Liberia.
November 2014
On November 28, 1843, the Diocese of Chicago was erected.
On November 16, 1938, Thomas Merton was received into the Catholic Church at Corpus Christi Church in New York.
On November 15, 1947, the Diocese of Washington was separated from Baltimore.
On November 6, 1789, John Carroll was named the first bishop in the United States.
On November 1, 1776, Fr. Junípero Serra founded Mission San Juan Capistrano.
October 2014
On October 23, 1928, the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Maine was dedicated.
On October 12, 1864, Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney died in Washington, D.C.
On October 5, 1974, Fr. Michael Scanlan was installed as the third president of Franciscan University of Steubenville.
On October 2, 1831, the Oblate Sisters of Providence received papal approval.
September 2014
On September 22, 1857, the Diocese of Fort Wayne was created.
On September 17, 1804, Santa Ines Mission was founded.
On September 8, 1990, Fr. Richard John Neuhaus entered the Catholic Church.
August 2014
On August 31, 1809, Fr. Gabriel Richard published the first Catholic newspaper in the U.S.
On August 24, 1964, the first official English-language Mass in the United States was celebrated.
On August 17, 1786, Fr. Ferdinand Farmer died.
On August 15, 1981, Eternal Word Television Network began transmitting.
On August 3, 1964, the writer Flannery O'Connor died.
July 2014
On July 29, 1853, the Diocese of Newark, New Jersey, was established.
On July 15, 1813, the painter George Healy was born.
On July 10, 1858, the rule was approved for Isaac Hecker's Paulist Fathers.
June 2014
On June 21, 1951, the Diocese of Juneau, Alaska, was created.
June 9, 1647, Leonard Calvert, the first governor or Maryland, died.
On June 7, 1850, sculptor Joseph Sibbel was born.
May 2014
On May 30, 1808, Felix-Joseph Barbelin was born.
On May 24, 1875, the first miracle associated with Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation in Carey, Ohio, occurred.
On May 11, 1829, the Athenaeum of Ohio opened.
On May 4, 1956, Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Chicago was named a basilica.
On May 1, 1904, Martha Moore Avery entered the Catholic Church.
April 2014
On April 23, 1903, ground was broken for the new Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C.
On April 17, 1909, the first issue of America magazine appeared.
On April 9, 1909, novelist Francis Marion Crawford died in Italy.
March 2014
On March 29, 1882, the Knights of Columbus were incorporated in the state of Connecticut.
On March 17, 1811, publisher Patrick Donahoe was born in Ireland.
On March 14, 1921, baby Peter Smith was healed of blindness, paving the way for the beatification of Frances Cabrini.
On March 6, 1842, John Odin was consecrated as bishop of the vicariate apostolic of Texas.
February 2014
On February 13, 1880, Fr. John LaFarge, SJ, was born in Newport, Rhode Island.
On February 8, 1869, Samuel Mudd was pardoned by President Andrew Johnson.
January 2014
On January 23, 1789, Georgetown University was founded.
On January 13, 1822, Edward Fenwick was consecrated as the first bishop of the Diocese of Cincinnati.
On January 10, 1858, John Henry Luers was consecrated as the first bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana.
On January 1, 1840, Patrick Walsh was born in Ireland.
Decemeber 2013
On December 22, 1917, St. Frances Cabrini died in Chicago.
On December 17, 1913, the Diocese of Spokane was created.
On December 8, 1856, Mother Joseph and the Sisters of Providence arrived in Washington Territory.
November 2013
On November 28, 1886, Archbishop Charles Seghers was killed in Alaska.
On November 20, 1959, the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception was dedicated.
On November 10, 1889, the Diocese of Jamestown, North Dakota was created.
On November 6, 1749, the Church of San Fernando in San Antonio was dedicated.
October 2013
On October 21, 1944, the Diocese of Indianapolis was raised to the rank of archdiocese.
On October 19, 1875, scientist Henry James Anderson died at Lahore, India
October 12, 1963, Fr. Walter Ciszek returned to the United States after a long captivity in the Soviet Union.
On October 3, 2005, John Roberts was sworn in as the third Catholic Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
September 2013
On September 24, 1818, Louis Dubourg was consecrated as the first American bishop of New Orleans.
On September 18, 1922, pro-life doctor Horatio Storer died.
On September 8, 1901, Eliza Allen Starr died near Rockford, Illinois.
On September 4, 1967, Vincent Capodanno died in Vietnam.
August 2013
On August 28, 1565, explorer Pedro Menendez de Avilés sighted land near St. Augustine, Florida.
On August 23, 1905, the Diocese of Oklahoma was established.
On August 11, 1921, Fr. James Coyle was murdered in Birmingham, Alabama.
On August 7, 1679, Fr. Louis Hennepin embarked with Robert La Salle on an expedition to explore the Great Lakes.
July 2013
On July 29, 1853, the Archdiocese of San Francisco was created.
On July 24, 1846, the Diocese of Oregon City was created.
On July 16, 1769, Fr. Junípero Serra founded Mission San Diego.
On July 10, 1970, Maryknoll Bishop James E. Walsh was released from prison in China.
On July 1, 1984, Fr. John Corridan died.
June 2013
On June 24, 1841, St. John's College (later Fordham University) was founded
On June 19, 1821, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati was established.
On June 11, 1884, Denis Bradley was consecrated as the first bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire.
On June 7, 1886, Archbishop James Gibbons of Baltimore became the second American cardinal.
May 2013
On May 31, 1821, the Basilica of the Assumption in Baltimore was consecrated.
On May 22, 1877, the Diocese of Leavenworth, Kansas, was created.
On May 15, 1891, Pope Leo XIII issued his encyclical On Capital and Labor.
On May 8, 1897, the Diocese of Tucson, Arizona was created.
On May 1, 1877, John Lancaster Spalding was consecrated the first bishop of Peoria, Illinois.
April 2013
On April 23, 1847, the Diocese of Cleveland was created.
On April 14, 1528, Alvar Cabeza de Vaca landed in Florida.
On April 8, 1808, the Diocese of Philadelphia was established.
On April 6, 1957, the Diocese of Rockville Centre was erected.
March 2013
On March 25, 1634, Fr. Andrew White offered the first Mass in the colony of Maryland.
On March 21, 1905, poet Phyillis McGinley was born.
On March 15, 1711, Father Eusebio Kino died.
On March 6, 1854, a band of Know Nothings stole and smashed to pieces the "pope's stone."
February 2013
On February 25, 1833, John Frederick Reze, was appointed the first bishop of Detroit (becoming the first German-born bishop in the U.S.)
On February 21, 1864, the first African-American church in the U.S, St. Francis Xavier in Baltimore was dedicated.
On February 12, 1952, Bishop Fulton Sheen's Life is Worth Living premiered on television.
On February 5, 1815, Fr. John Thayer died.
January 2013
On January 28, 1760 Mathew Carey was born in Ireland.
On January 23, 1815, a Mass of Thanksgiving was said in New Orleans' St. Louis Cathedral for the American victory at the Battle of New Orleans.
On January 14, 1809, Boniface Wimmer was born in Bavaria.
On January 10, 1795, Fr. Francis de Sales Brunner was born in Switzerland.
On January 4, 1821, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton died.
December 2012
On December 26, 1896, writer Anne Hanson Dorsey died.
On December 21, 1901, James Gillis was ordained a Paulist priest.
On December 10, 1937, the Diocese of Newark was raised to the rank of archdiocese.
On December 8, 1859, the North American College in Rome was dedicated.
November 2012
On November 28, 1845, the local bishop granted approval to the new Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
On November 21, 1910, Mother Benedict Duss was born.
On November 12, 1924, the first issue of Commonweal magazine was published.
On November 4, 1861, John Gray Foster was baptized.
On November 1, 1810, Jean Cheverus was consecrated as the first bishop of Boston.
October 2012
On October 26, 1871, former US Senator Thomas Ewing died.
On October 18, 1776, Tadeusz Kosciuszko was commissioned as an officer in Washington's army.
On October 11, 1962, Pope John XXIII opened the first session of the Second Vatican Council.
On October 2, 1881, Fr. Michael McGivney met with several parishioners to form the nucleus of the Knights of Columbus.
September 2012
On September 22, 1889, the Diocese of St. Cloud was established.
On September 4, 1962, New Orleans Catholic schools were desegregated.
August 2012
On August 29, 1833, philanthropist John Mullanphy died in St. Louis.
On August 23, 1813, the cornerstone of St. Thomas Church in Bardstown, Kentucky, was blessed
On August 13, 2004, Msgr. George Kelly died.
On August 11, 1834, the Diocese of Pittsburgh was created.
On August 4, 1844, Isaac Hecker made his profession of faith as a Catholic.
July 2012
On July 24, 1885, the cornerstone of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Seminary was blessed.
On July 16, 1769, Father Junípero Serra founded Mission San Diego.
On July 11, 1820, the Diocese of Richmond, Virginia, was created.
On July 7, 1946, Frances Cabrini became the first US citizen to be canonized as a saint.
June 2012
On June 29, 1865, Dr. Samuel Mudd was convicted of conspiracy in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
On June 17, 1886, Mother Mary Hardey died.
On June 14, 1870, the diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts was established.
On June 4, 1838, the cornerstone of the new Old St. Joseph's Church in Philadelphia was laid.
On June 1, 1925, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Pierce v. Society of Sisters.
May 2012
On May 23, 1873, Pierre De Smet, SJ, died.
On May 15, 1949, Peter Maurin died.
On May 6, 1840, Fr. Demetrius Gallitzin died.
On May 1, 1933, the first issue of The Catholic Worker went on sale.
April 2012
On April 28, 1872, Thomas Hendricken was consecrated as the first bishop of Providence, Rhode Island.
On April 21, 1853, Fr. Stephen Badin died in Cincinnati.
On April 8, 1808, the Diocese of Philadelphia was established.
On April 6, 1830, James Healy was born in Georgia.
March 2012
On March 31, 1931, Knute Rockne was killed in an airplane crash in Kansas.
On March 18, 1795, Demetrius Gallitzin was ordained by Bishop John Carroll
On March 13, 2001, St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Eparchy was created.
On March 7, 1884, the Diocese of Helena, Montana, was created.
February 2012
On February 27, 1853, Felix Varela died in St. Augustine.
On February 13, 1880, Fr. John LaFarge, SJ, was born.
On February 9, 1882, Margaret Haughery died in New Orleans.
On February 2, 1926, St. Mary Church in Minneapolis became the first American church to be designated a basilica.
January 2012
On January 26, 1851, Joseph Crétin was consecrated as the first bishop of St. Paul.
On January 19, 1868, Bishop Frederic Baraga died at Marquette.
On January 11, 1982, the Chaldean exarchate of the United States was created.
On January 7, 1838, John Hughes was consecrated as coadjutor bishop of New York.
December 2011
On December 28, 1927, Dorothy Day was received into the Catholic Church.
On December 22, 1843, the Sisters of Mercy founded their first American house
On December 14, 1817, Ambrose Marechal was consecrated bishop of Baltimore.
On December 7, 1965, Pope Paul VI promulgated the Declaration on Religious Freedom.
November 2011
On November 28, 1843, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee was established.
On November 20. 1959, the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception was dedicated.
On November 14, 1832, Charles Carroll of Carrollton died.
On November 7, 1763, Bishop Benedict Flaget was born.
On November 4, 1781, a Mass of Thanksgiving was held at St. Mary's Church in Philadelphia to celebrate victory at Yorktown.
October 2011
On October 25, 1891, "radio priest" Charles Coughlin was born.
On October 21, 1906, the first Romanian Catholic Church in the United States was dedicated, St. Helena in Cleveland, Ohio.
On October 9, 1776, Mission San Francisco de Asís was founded.
On October 7, 1914, Joseph P. Kennedy married Rose Fitzgerald.
September 2011
On September 26, 1832 Bishop Edward Fenwick died.
On September 22, 1915, Xavier University of Louisiana was founded.
On September 13, 1868, John J. Hogan was consecrated as the first bishop of the Diocese of St. Joseph, Missouri.
On September 8, 1998, St. Mary Church in Natchez, Mississippi, was designated a basilica.
August 2011
On August 31, 1864, Fr. Emmeran Bliemel died at the Battle of Jonesboro.
On August 24, 1823, Fr. Jose Señan died at Mission San Buenaventura.
On August 17, 1924, priest-scientist Stanley Jaki was born.
On August 8, 1511, the Diocese of San Juan, Puerto Rico was established.
On August 3, 1823, Thomas Meagher was born in Ireland.
July 2011
On July 25, 1968, Pope Paul VI issued the encyclical, Humanae Vitae.
On July 18, 1819, Francois Blanchet was ordained a priest.
On July 14, 1853, the diocese of Burlington, Vermont, was established.
On July 4, 1834, Fr. Theodore Van den Broek arrived in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
On July 2, 1829, the Oblate Sisters of Providence were founded.
June 2011
On June 22, 1774, British Parliament passed the Quebec Act.
On June 15, 1941, Patrick Peyton was ordained a priest in the Congregation of Holy Cross.
On June 6, 1830, Francis Kenrick was consecrated as bishop of Philadelphia.
On June 4, 1875, John Zahm was ordained as a priest in the Congregation of Holy Cross.
May 2011
On May 23, 1873, Fr. Pierre De Smet died in St. Louis.
On May 17, 1763, Louis Joliet and Fr. Jacques Marquette began their expedition to explore the Mississippi River.
On May 9, 1852, Archbishop Kenrick opened the First Plenary Council of Baltimore.
On May 5, 1912, the first issue of Our Sunday Visitor was printed.
April 2011
On April 28, 1872, Thomas Hendricken was consecrated as the first bishop of Providence, Rhode Island.
On April 22, 1955, Fr. Walter Ciszek was released from prison in the Soviet Union.
On April 10, 1846, the first bishop of Chicago, William Quarter, died.
On April 7, 1836, James Wood, a future bishop of Philadelphia, converted to Catholicism.
March 2011
On March 31, 1889, Frances Xavier Cabrini, sailing from Italy, arrived in New York.
On March 24, 1904, the first Catholic mayor of New York, William Grace, died.
On March 18, 1608, Fr. Paul Ragineau was born in Paris.
On March 8, 1833, the Diocese of Detroit was erected.
On March 3, 1868, the Diocese of Green Bay was established.
February 2011
On February 26, 1906, Frederick Miller was born in Milwaukee.
On February 14, 1571, Fr. Juan Segura and the other Spanish martyrs of Virginia were killed.
On February 6, 1799, Henry James Anderson was born.
On February 1, 1800, Elisha Durbin was born in Madison County, Kentucky.
January 2011
On January 23, 1850, Sister Blandina Segale was born in Italy.
On January 22, 1899, Pope Leo XIII issued an encyclical condemning "Americanism."
On January 12, 1777, Mission Santa Clara was founded.
On January 2, 1927, Katherine Conway died in Boston.
December 2010
On December 28, 1789, Thomas Ewing was born.
On December 20, 1884, Cardinal John Glennon was ordained a priest.
On December 12, 1917, Fr. Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town.
On December 8, 1935, future cardinal John Wright was ordained a priest.
On December 2, 1969, the Diocese of Phoenix was created.
November 2010
On November 23, 1935, Clare Boothe married Henry Luce.
On November 16, 1818, St. Louis University was founded.
On November 1, 1810, Jean Cheverus was consecrated the first bishop of Boston.
October 2010
On October 26, astronomer James Curley, SJ, was born.
On October 22, 1840 Mother Theodore Guerin and her companions arrived in Indiana.
On October 11, 1962, the first session of the Second Vatican Council opened in Rome.
On October 8, 1936, Fr. John Ryan delivered a controversial speech in support of President Franklin Roosevelt.
September 2010
On September 30, 1845, Boniface Wimmer, OSB, arrived in Pittsburgh.
On September 19, 1737, Charles Carroll of Carrollton was born in Maryland.
On September 18, 1843, classes began at Augustinian College of Villanova.
On September 8, 1901, Eliza Allen Starr died near Rockford, Illinois.
On September 3, 1857, John McLoughlin died in Oregon Territory.
August 2010
On August 23, 1724, Fr. Sebastien Râle was killed by British colonial forces at Norridgewock Mission, Maine.
On August 16, 1868, Joseph Machebeuf was consecrated vicar apostolic of Colorado.
On August 11, 1834, a mob burned a Catholic convent in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
On August 6, 1953, the Diocese of Hartford, Connecticut was raised to the rank of archdiocese.
July 2010
On July 29, 1918, Edwin O'Connor was born in Providence, Rhode Island.
On July 21, 1839, Francesco Satolli was born near Perugia, Italy.
On July 12, 1868, Bernard McQuaid was consecrated as the first bishop of Rochester, New York.
On July 4, 1778, Fr. Pierre Gibault pledged his support of the American Revolution at Kaskaskia, Indiana.
On July 2, 1863, Patrick O'Rorke died at Gettysburg.
June 2010
On June 24, 1799, Visitation School in Georgetown opened.
On June 19, 1821, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati was established.
On June 11, 1797, Fr. Fermin Lasuen founded Mission San Jose, California.
On June 4, 1875, John Zahm was ordained as a priest in the Congregation of Holy Cross.
May 2010
On May 25, 1793, Stephen Badin became the first Catholic priest ordained in the United States.
On May 19, 1968, the Catonsville Nine burned draft files.
On May 10, 1990, Walker Percy died in Covington, Louisiana.
On May 7, 1987, Thomas Monaghan founded the Catholic business group, Legatus.
April 2010
On April 27, 1795, Edward Kavanaugh was born in Newcastle, Maine.
On April 19, 1980, the Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan was dedicated.
On April 15, 1889, St. Damien died on the island of Molokai.
On April 5, 1903, Mary Sadlier died in Montreal.
March 2010
On March 30, 1820, Fr. Francis Baker was born in Baltimore.
On March 26, 1967, Pope Paul VI issued Populorum Progressio.
On March 19, 1844, John Martin Henni was consecrated as the first bishop of Milwaukee.
On March 10, 1844, Andrew Byrne was consecrated as the first bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas.
On March 2, 1844, James Roosevelt Bayley was ordained a Catholic priest.
February 2010
On February 22, 1892, historian John Gilmary Shea died at Elizabeth, New Jersey.
On February 20, 1861, P.G.T Beauregard resigned his position at West Point to join the Confederate Army.
On February 12, 1952, Bishop Fulton Sheen's Life is Worth Living premiered on television.
On February 4, 1969, Bowie Kuhn became commissioner of Major League Baseball.
January 2010
On January 25, 1628, Fr. Francisco Pareja died in Mexico.
On January 19, 1868, Bishop Frederic Baraga died at Marquette, Michigan.
On January 10, 1984, President Ronald Reagan announced the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Holy See.
On January 6, 1839, the first Catholic church in Oregon was dedicated.
On January 2, 1836, Patrick Donahue began publishing the Boston Pilot.
December 2009
On December 15, 1823, Bishop Bernard McQuaid was born.
On December 7, 1649, St. Charles Garnier was martyred.
November 2009
On November 29, 1914, the Basilica of St. James was consecrated in Jamestown, North Dakota.
On November 25, 1870, Venerable Solanus Casey was born near Oak Grove, Wisconsin.
On November 19, 1899, Allen Tate was born in Kentucky.
On November 9, 1884, the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore was convened.
On November 2, 1950, Venerable Emil Kapaun was taken as a prisoner of war.
October 2009
On October 28, 1887, Maurice Burke was consecrated as the first bishop of Cheyenne.
On October 19, 1822, Mission San Rafael became an independent mission.
On October 12, 1963, Fr. Walter Ciszek was released from the Soviet Union.
On October 4, 1867, Blessed Francis Seelos died in New Orleans.
September 2009
On September 29, 1803, the Church of the Holy Cross was dedicated in Boston.
On September 21, 1820, John England was consecrated as the first bishop of Charleston, South Carolina.
On September 16, 1797, Levi Ives was born in Connecticut.
On September 8, 1990, Richard John Neuhaus became Catholic.
August 2009
On August 31, 1809, Fr. Gabriel Richard published the first Catholic newspaper in the US.
On August 24, 1964, the first official English-language Mass in the United States was celebrated.
On August 17, 1806, Archbishop Peter Kenrick was born in Ireland.
On August 15, 1903, Jeremiah Harty was consecrated archbishop of Manila, The Philippines.
On August 3, 1823, Thomas Meagher was born in Ireland.
July 2009
On July 28, 1837, the Diocese of Nashville was established.
On July 19, 1914, the founders of the Catholic Hospital Association met in Minneapolis.
On July 13, 1940, Henry Ford II entered the Church and married Anne McDonnell.
On July 7, 1865, Mary Surratt was hanged as a conspirator in the assassination of President Lincoln.
June 2009
On June 29, 1908, Pope Pius X issued Sapienti Consilio, marking of the United States' status as a mission territory.
On June 24, 1941, Jessica Powers entered the Carmelite convent in Pewaukee, Wisconsin.
On June 14, 1820, the Diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts, was established.
On June 7, 1886, Archbishop James Gibbons of Baltimore became the second American cardinal.
On June 1, 1879, James Shields died in Ottumwa, Iowa.
May 2009
On May 25, 1926, Our Lady of Victory Basilica in Lackawanna, New York, was consecrated.
On May 17, 1763, Louis Joliet and Fr. Jacques Marquette departed on their expedition to the Mississippi Valley.
On May 10, 1873, Blessed Damien arrived at Molokai.
On May 9, 1852, Archbishop Kenrick opened the First Plenary Council of Baltimore.
On May 1, 1904, Martha Moore Avery entered the Catholic Church.
April 2009
On April 21, 1876, the first monk arrived at Belmont Abbey, North Carolina.
On April 15, 1939, Francis Spellman was appointed Archbishop of New York.
On April 5, 1903, Mary Sadlier died in Montreal.
March 2009
On March 31, 1835, John LaFarge, Sr., was born in New York.
On March 24, 1890, Dr. John Rock was born in Massachusetts.
On March 15, 1711, Father Eusebio Kino died.
On March 8, 1833, the Diocese of Detroit was erected.
On March 2, 1699, Pierre Le Moyne landed at the mouth of the Mississippi, founding the colony of Louisiana.
February 2009
On February 22, 1797, President George Washington commissioned John Barry as first head of the United States navy.
On February 15, 1944, Allied forces bombed the monastery of Monte Cassino.
On February 13, 1947, Fr. Patrick Peyton's Family Theater radio program premiered.
On February 2, 1926, St. Mary Church in Minneapolis became the first American church to be designated a basilica.
January 2009
On January 26, 1940, actress Jane Wyman married Ronald Reagan.
On January 18, 1961, Thomas Dooley died of cancer in New York.
On January 13, 1837, Archbishop John Purcell and Reverend Alexander Campbell opened their public debate in Cincinnati.
On January 10, 1795, Fr. Francis de Sales Brunner was born in Switzerland.
On January 2, 1927, Katherine Conway died in Boston.
December 2008
On December 22, 1843, the Sisters of Mercy founded their first American house.
On December 17, 1913, the Diocese of Spokane, Washington, was created.
On December 8, 1854, the Diocese of Portland, Maine, was created.
On December 4, 1907, novelist Mary Tincker died at Boston.
November 2008
On November 28, 1843, the Diocese of Chicago was erected.
On November 2, 1950, Venerable Emil Kapaun was taken as a prisoner of war.
October 2008
On October 22, 1840 Mother Theodore Guerin and her companions arrived in Indiana.
On October 15, 1855, the University of San Francisco opened its doors.
On October 7, 1867, The Wanderer was first published in St. Paul, Minnesota.
On October 2, 1881, Fr. Michael McGivney met with several parishioners to form the nucleus of the Knights of Columbus.
September 2008
On September 22, 1857, the Diocese of Fort Wayne was created.
On September 16, 1923, the first Catholic seminary for black Americans was dedicated in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
On September 8, 1954, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, was named a basilica. (Correction: the source for this date was apparently mistaken. It appears that the correct date is December 8, 1954.)
On September 5, 1901, the University of Portland welcomed its first students.
August 2008
On August 24, 1823, Fr. José Señan died at Mission San Buenaventura.
On August 18, 1792, Fr. Demetrius Gallitzin embarked for America.
On August 16, 1773, Pope Clement XIV suppressed the Society of Jesus.
On August 4, 1879, Pope Leo XIII issued the encyclical Aeterni Patris.
July 2008
On July 29, 1853, the Archdiocese of San Francisco was created.
On July 25, 1968, Pope Paul VI issued the encyclical, Humanae Vitae.
On July 15, 1890, the Diocese of Dallas was established.
On July 7, 1946, Frances Cabrini became the first US citizen to be canonized as a saint.
On July 2, 1829, the Oblate Sisters of Providence were founded.
June 2008
On June 22, 1774, British Parliament passed the Quebec Act.
On June 20, 1908, Southern writer Joel Chandler Harris was baptized a Catholic.
On June 11, 1797, Fr. Fermin Lasuen founded Mission San Jose, California.
On June 1, 1925, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of private schools in Pierce v. Society of Sisters.
May 2008
On May 25, 1783, John Thayer converted to Catholicism.
On May 20, 1841, the cornerstone of St. Peter in Chains Cathedral, Cincinnati, was laid.
On May 11, 1829, The Athenaeum opened in Cincinnati.
On May 5, 1912, the first issue of Our Sunday Visitor was printed.
April 2008
On April 27, 1795, Edward Kavanaugh was born in Newcastle, Maine.
On April 21, 1824, Henry Lemke converted to Catholicism.
On April 15, 1910, the Diocese of Toledo, Ohio, was erected.
On April 8, 1808, the Diocese of New York was created.
March 2008
On March 26, 1967, Pope Paul VI issued Populorum Progressio.
On March 18, 1795, Demetrius Gallitzin was ordained a priest by Bishop John Carroll.
On March 10, 1929, the Church of St. Josaphat in Milwaukee was designated a basilica.
On March 3, 1868, the Diocese of Green Bay was established.
February 2008
On February 24, 1842, the cornerstone of St. Mary Basilica in Natchez, Mississippi, was laid.
On February 22, 1892, historian John Gilmary Shea died at Elizabeth, New Jersey.
On February 15, 1944, Allied forces bombed the monastery of Monte Cassino.
On February 4, 1969, Bowie Kuhn became commissioner of Major League Baseball.
January 2008
On January 28, 1760, Mathew Carey was born in Dublin, Ireland.
On January 26, 1940, actress Jane Wyman married Ronald Reagan.
On January 17, 1836, six Sisters of St. Joseph left France, bound for St. Louis.
On January 10, 1607, St. Isaac Jogues was born in Orleans, France.
On January 4, 1821, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton died.
December 2007
On December 28, 1927, Dorothy Day was received into the Catholic Church.
On December 21, 1848, the first monks arrived at the Trappist monastery of Gethsemani, Kentucky.
On December 10, 1837, Matthias Loras was consecrated the first bishop of Dubuque, Iowa.
On December 4, 1907, novelist Mary Tincker died at Boston.
November 2007
On November 26, 1848, St. Mary's Cathedral in Galveston was consecrated.
On November 22, 1918, Blessed Carlos Rodríguez was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico.
On November 15, 1791, the first Catholic college in the United States, Georgetown, opened its doors.
On November 6, 1789, John Carroll was named the first bishop in the United States.
On November 1, 1776, Fr. Junípero Serra founded Mission San Juan Capistrano.
October 2007
On October 23, 1928, the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Maine was dedicated.
On October 18, 1646, Iroquois killed Isaac Jogues in upstate New York.
On October 7, 1914, Joseph P. Kennedy married Rose Fitzgerald.
On October 2, 1756, Daniel Barber was born at Simsbury, Connecticut.
September 2007
On September 26, 1832, Bishop Edward Fenwick of Cincinnati died of cholera.
On September 21, 1820, John England was consecrated as the first bishop of Charleston.
On September 15, 1839, Mathew Carey died in Philadelphia.
On September 4, 1962, the Catholic schools of New Orleans were desegregated.
August 2007
On August 26, 1877, Raphael Semmes died near Mobile, Alabama.
On August 23, 1724, Fr. Sebastien Râle was killed by British colonial forces at Norridgewock Mission, Maine.
On August 15, 1839, Father Abram Ryan was born in Norfolk, Virginia.
On August 11, 1843, the Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was created.
On August 2, 1887, the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, was established.
July 2007
On July 24, 1885, the cornerstone of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Seminary was blessed.
On July 19, 1850, the Archdiocese of St. Paul was established.
On July 10, 1858, the rule was approved for Isaac Hecker's Paulist Fathers.
On July 3, 1817, Gabriel and Felicite Girodeau were married in New Orleans.
June 2007
On June 26, 1806, Fr. Fermín Lasuén died at Mission San Carlos Borromeo.
On June 19, 1821, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati was established.
On June 17, 1886, Mother Mary Hardey died in Paris, France.
On June 7, 1850, Joseph Sibbel was born in Dulman, Germany.
May 2007
On May 28, 1974, the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, was created.
On May 25, 1793, Stephen Badin became the first Catholic priest ordained in the United States.
On May 15, 1931, Pope Pius XI issued the encyclical Quadragesimo Anno.
On May 9, 1811, Bishop Benedict Flaget arrived in the Diocese of Bardstown, Kentucky.
On May 1, 1877, John Lancaster Spalding was consecrated the first bishop of Peoria, Illinois.
April 2007
On April 24, 1886, Augustine Tolton was ordained in Rome, becoming the first black American Catholic priest.
On April 15, 1939, Francis Spellman was appointed Archbishop of New York.
On April 14, 1528, Alvar Cabeza de Vaca landed in Florida.
On April 7, 1868, Thomas McGee was assassinated in Ottawa, Canada.
March 2007
On March 29, 1882, the Knights of Columbus were incorporated in the state of Connecticut.
On March 18, 1608, Fr. Paul Ragineau was born in Paris.
On March 15, 1711, Father Eusebio Kino died.
On March 7, 1884, the Diocese of Helena, Montana, was created.
February 2007
On February 27, 1853, Venerable Felix Varela died in St. Augustine, Florida.
On February 21, 1864, St. Francis Xavier Church in Baltimore was consecrated to serve the first African-American parish in the United States.
On February 13, 1880, Fr. John LaFarge, SJ, was born in Newport, Rhode Island.
On February 8, 1869, President Andrew Johnson pardoned Dr. Samuel Mudd for his role in Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
On February 2, 1926, St. Mary Church in Minneapolis became the first American church to be designated a basilica.
January 2007
On January 25, 1875, Archbishop John Noll was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
On January 19, 1868, Bishop Frederic Baraga died at Marquette, Michigan.
On January 10, 1858, John Henry Luers was consecrated as the first bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana.
On January 2, 1836, Patrick Donahue began publishing the Boston Pilot.
December 2006
On December 26, 1896, novelist Anne Hanson Dorsey died at Washington, D.C.
On December 21, 1901, James Gillis was ordained as a Paulist priest.
On December 10, 1917, Fr. Flanagan founded Boys Town in Omaha, Nebraska.
On December 7, 1965, the Second Vatican Council promulgated its Declaration on Religious Freedom.
November 2006
On November 28, 1843, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee was established.
On November 25, 1870, Venerable Solanus Casey was born near Oak Grove, Wisconsin.
On November 16, 1938, Thomas Merton was received into the Catholic Church at Corpus Christi Church in New York.
On November 5, 1877, Las Vegas College (later Regis University) opened in New Mexico.
On November 4, 1861, John Gray Foster was baptized in New York.
October 2006
On October 28, 1810, Michael Egan was consecrated as the first bishop of Philadelphia.
On October 18, 1776, Tadeusz Kosciuszko was commissioned as an officer in Washington's army.
On October 12, 1864, Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney died in Washington, D.C.
On October 4, 1867, Blessed Francis Seelos died in New Orleans.
September 2006
On September 30, 1845, Boniface Wimmer, OSB, arrived in Pittsburgh.
On September 22, 1915, the first Catholic college for blacks, Xavier University in New Orleans, was founded.
On September 13, 1868, John J. Hogan was consecrated as the first bishop of the Diocese of St. Joseph, Missouri.
On September 5, 1901, the University of Portland welcomed its first students.
August 2006
On August 28, 1565, Admiral Don Pedro Menendez de Cavilers sighted land at St. Augustine, Florida.
On August 26, 1893, the Diocese of Boise, Idaho was created.
On August 15, 1858, Bishop John Hughes placed the cornerstone of St. Patrick Cathedral, New York.
On August 11, 1834, a mob burned a Catholic convent in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
On August 4, 1844, Isaac Hecker made his profession of faith as a Catholic.
July 2006
On July 28, 1837, the Diocese of Nashville was established.
On July 16, 1769, Father Junípero Serra founded Mission San Diego.
On July 14, 1904, the Catholic Education Association was founded in St. Louis.
On July 4, 1778, Fr. Pierre Gibault pledged his support of the Revolution at Kaskaskia, Indiana.
June 2006
On June 29, 1797, Frederic Baraga was born in Austria-Hungary.
On June 20, 1908, Southern writer Joel Chandler Harris was baptized a Catholic.
On June 11, 1797, Fr. Fermin Lasuen founded Mission San Jose, California.
On June 7, 1886, Archbishop James Gibbons of Baltimore became the second American cardinal.
On June 1, 1925, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of private schools in Pierce v. Society of Sisters.
May 2006
On May 25, 1926, Our Lady of Victory Basilica in Lackawanna, New York, was consecrated.
On May 17, 1763, Louis Joliet and Fr. Jacques Marquette departed on their expedition to the Mississippi Valley.
On May 11, 1829, The Athenaeum opened in Cincinnati.
On May 5, 1864, Patrick Guiney was wounded at the Civil War battle of The Wilderness.
April 2006
On April 25, 1793, Pope Pius VII erected the Diocese of Louisiana and the Floridas.
On April 21, 1853, Father Stephen Badin died in Cincinnati.
On April 15, 1889, Blessed Damien died on the island of Molokai.
On April 8, 1808, the first American diocese west of the Alleghenies was established at Bardstown, Kentucky.
March 2006
On March 31, 1889, Frances Xavier Cabrini, sailing from Italy, arrived in New York.
On March 19, 1844, John Martin Henni was consecrated as the first bishop of Milwaukee.
On March 18, 1795, Demetrius Gallitzin was ordained a priest by Bishop John Carroll.
On March 6, 1842, Father John Odin was consecrated bishop for the new vicariate apostolic of Texas.
On March 3, 1955, Saint Katharine Drexel died near Philadelphia.
February 2006
On February 22, 1797, President George Washington commissioned John Barry as first head of the United States navy.
On February 12, 1952, Bishop Fulton Sheen's Life is Worth Living premiered on ABC.
On February 1, 1800, Elisha Durbin was born in Madison County, Kentucky.
January 2006
On January 22, 1899, Pope Leo XIII issued an apostolic letter condemning Americanism.
On January 17, 1836, six Sisters of St. Joseph left France, bound for St. Louis.
On January 10, 1795, Fr. Francis de Sales Brunner was born in Switzerland.
On January 4, 1821, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton died.
December 2005
On December 28, 1789 Thomas Ewing was born.
On December 22, 1917, St. Frances Cabrini died in Chicago.
On December 14, 1817, Ambrose Maréchal was consecrated as the third archbishop of Baltimore.
On December 4, 1963, the Second Vatican Council's document on the liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium, was promulgated.
November 2005
On November 29, 1882, Pennsylvania missionary Father Henry Lemke died.
On November 25, 1886, Alaskan missionary Archbishop Charles Seghers was murdered.
On November 15, 1791, the first Catholic college in the United States, Georgetown, opened its doors.
On November 9, 1884, the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore was convened.
On November 1, 1776, Father Junípero Serra planted the Mission of San Juan Capistrano.
October 2005
On October 29, 1830, Father Frederic Baraga left his native Austria-Hungary to devote his life to the Indian missions of the United States.
On October 18 and 19, 1646, Saints Isaac Jogues and John Lalande were martyred.
On October 11, 1962, the first session of the Second Vatican Council opened in Rome.
On October 2, 1881, Fr. Michael McGivney met with several parishioners to form the nucleus of the Knights of Columbus.
September 2005
On September 28, 1978, Pope John Paul I died.
On September 21, 1820, in Cork, Ireland, John England was consecrated as the first bishop of Charleston, South Carolina.
On September 16, 1923, the first Catholic seminary for black Americans was dedicated in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
On September 8, 1907, Pope Pius X issued the encyclical, Pascendi dominici gregis, which condemned the heresy of Modernism.