Episodes about "19th century"

Eucharistic Congresses in the U.S.

Eucharistic Congresses in the U.S.

Before 2024 the last national eucharistic congress in the US was in 1941. Eleven eucharistic congresses took place in the US between 1895 and 2024.

Margaret Haughery

Margaret Haughery

Margaret Haughery, the “Bread Woman of New Orleans,” was an immigrant from Ireland who lost her family twice before starting successful businesses and doing extraordinary philanthropy.

Old St. Mary, Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Old St. Mary, Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Old St. Mary Church in Pine Bluff, Arkansas was originally built on a barge in 1786, and is the birthplace of Catholicism in Arkansas.

Mother Catherine Spalding

Mother Catherine Spalding

Mother Catherine Spalding, founder of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, in Kentucky, spent 45 years building schools, orphanages, and infirmaries through her order.

Catholics Fight Segregation in Florida

Catholics Fight Segregation in Florida

Three Sisters of St. Joseph were arrested in St. Augustine, Florida in 1913 for refusing to comply with segregation. Bishop Michael Curley supported the sisters

Joseph Warren Revere

Joseph Warren Revere

Joseph Warren Revere, grandson of Paul Revere, led a life of military service, discipline, and duty. He became Catholic while serving as a general in the Civil War.

Samuel Sutherland Cooper

Samuel Sutherland Cooper

Samuel Sutherland Cooper, a convert, is an important priest of early American catholicism whom you’ve never heard of. Eucharistic miracle, zeal, saving souls