Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
...ption and the pope personally donated $400 to its construction ($10,000 in today’s money).[1] The site of the national shrine was to be on the campus of The Catholic University of America in Washington D.C., which Msgr. Shahan was the rector of at the time. Shahan’s desire for the building
Beloved Cardinal Archbishop: John Francis O’Hara
....[1] His family moved to South America when he was a child, living in both Peru and Uruguay. Returning to the United States in 1908, John attended the University of Notre Dame and soon after graduating entered Holy Cross Seminary in 1912.[2] Soon he returned to Notre Dame as a
Centenarian Priest Speaks of Bells and Prayer – Oral History Interview
...w that learning to improve prayer life is a key challenge facing Catholics today, especially children. He said that if we want to be Christians, if we want Christ living in us, we have to learn from Him, and His devotion to his own father. Click the link below to
Bishop Francis Kenrick and His Journals
...med Patrick Bradley into his home that marked the establishment of what is today St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. Having such extensive experience as an educator, Kenrick taught his own students until his brother Peter arrived in 1834 and began to assist him. It seems fitting that a man so earnest