Past News Articles
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Second Vatican Council Under Way It's been a half-century since the opening of the Second Vatican Council along with the speculation regarding what direction it would eventually steer the Church. This photo (from page 2 [...]
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A Momentous Anniversary in Canada 1837—France to Canada On October 10, 1837, four pioneering Christian Brothers (Brothers Aidant, Adelbertus, Rombaud, and Euverte) set sail from France across the Atlantic for a totally new venture in [...]
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Fire at the Motherhouse in Rome! On Saturday, February 9, 1963, a significant fire broke out in the furnace room of the main building, and spread rapidly before detection. Firemen from four fire trucks needed [...]
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St. Vincent's Male Orphan Asylum aka La Salle School, Albany, N.Y. December 1937—The Bulletin of the St. La Salle Auxiliary (Barrytown, NY) La Salle School of Albany was founded in 1854 by two Canadian Brothers as [...]
International
1st Brother Member of Vatican Council The first Christian Brother to become an official member of the Second Vatican Council was Brother Michel Sauvage, a Frenchman. He was selected by his blood brother (a French [...]
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Special Prayers for Brothers The January 1938 issue of the Institute Bulletin presented reports about special healings which were granted through prayers to Brother Benilde (1936), Brother Miguel (1937), and Brother Mutien-Marie (1937). Institute Bulletin, [...]
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Elizabeth Ann Seton Beatified Various Christian Brothers attend the beatification ceremony in Rome of Elizabeth Ann Seton on March 17, 1963. Pope John XXIII proclaimed her "Blessed" (one step from sainthood) on a Sunday morning. [...]
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100 Years Manhattan College The centennial of Manhattan College approaches! In February 1863, the board of regents of the state of New York received a petition calling attention to the “Seminary of Learning” at Broadway [...]
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British Museum Wants La Salle Mag The British Museum ordered and received all issues thus far of Four Quarters, the faculty magazine of La Salle College. Newsbriefs of Baltimore, March 1963, p. 5. District Size [...]
National Catholic Educational Association
The National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) is the largest private professional education organization in the world, representing 150,000 Catholic educators serving 6 million students in Catholic elementary and secondary schools, in religious education programs, in seminaries, [...]
Transitions
Habit Taking for 25 25 young men (Class of Our Lady of the Star) had their habit-taking ceremony on Sept. 1 at Ammendale. On Sept. 8, 40 novices pronounced first vows and moved on to [...]
Whispers in the Loggia
One of global Catholicism's most prominent chroniclers, Rocco Palmo has held court as the "Church Whisperer" since 2004, when the pages you're reading (Whispers in the Loggia) were launched with an audience of three, grown [...]
ZENIT: The World seen from Rome
"ZENIT is an international, non-profit news agency staffed by a team of professionals and volunteers who are convinced that the extraordinary wisdom of the Pontiff and the Catholic Church can nourish hope, and assist all [...]
Busted Halo
From BustedHalo.com Mission Statement BustedHalo.com strives to reveal this spiritual dimension of our lives through feature stories, reviews, interviews, faith guides, commentaries, audio clips, discussions and connections to retreat, worship and service opportunities that can’t [...]
Belief Net
With a mission to help people find and walk a spiritual path that instills comfort, hope, strength and happiness for people who are exploring their own faith or are curious about others, Beliefnet is the [...]
Catholic Relief Services
Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS is the official overseas relief and development agency of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and a [...]