Episodes about "19th century"

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

Mother Mary Lange, OSP

Mother Mary Lange, OSP

Mother Mary Lange, OSP founded the first religious community for black Catholic Americans, the Oblate Sisters of Providence, in Baltimore.

Buffalo Bill Cody

Buffalo Bill Cody

Buffalo Bill Cody, one of the most famous people on earth in his day, traveled the world with his Wild West show and was baptized the day before he died.

Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget

Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget

Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget was the first bishop of Bardstown and Louisville, Kentucky. He was a very humble man and hardworking bishop.

Bloody Monday in Louisville

Bloody Monday in Louisville

August 6, 1855 is known as Bloody Monday in Louisville, Kentucky. The Know Nothings used violence to try to keep Catholics from voting, and the violence turned into riots.

Edgar Allan Poe and the Blessed Mother

Edgar Allan Poe and the Blessed Mother

Edgar Allan Poe is known for horror and suspense, but he showed an understanding of Catholicism in some works, and wrote a lovely poem to the Blessed Mother