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The Amazing Stories of Catholic People, Places, and Events, on these American Shores!
We find stories from all 50 states, plus U.S. territories, from 1513, when the first Mass was celebrated, to today.
Archbishop Charles John Seghers, Apostle to Alaska
Archbishop Charles John Seghers is considered the "Apostle to Alaska." He lived and died tragically bringing Catholic Faith to the Pacific Northwest....
Loretto Staircase
The "miraculous" Loretto Staircase is in the Chapel of the Sisters of Loretto in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which was purportedly built by St. Joseph....
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth was the greatest baseball player of all time, but he was no saint in his personal life. Yethis Catholic faith remained an important part of his life....
Commodore John Barry
Commodore John Barry was an Irish immigrant who became known as the Father of the US Navy, its first commissioned officer, and first flag officer....
James Longstreet
James Longstreet was a Civil War Confederate general rejected by his former compatriots after the war, who eventually became Catholic....
Henriette DeLille
Henriette DeLille was a woman of mixed race in antebellum New Orleans who rejected the placage system and founded an order that educated the children of slaves...
Stagecoach Mary
Mary Fields, AKA "Stagecoach Mary," was a gun-toting, hard-drinking, street-brawling black woman on the Montana frontier, with a soft spot for some Ursulines...
Mount Saint Macrina
Every year, thousands of Eastern Rite Byzantine Catholics gather in uniontown in western Pennsylvania on pilgrimage to Mount Saint Macrina....
Prince Gallitzin
Demetrius Augustin "Prince Gallitzin" was a Russian prince who immigrated, was ordained, and established the Church in the middle of Pennsylvania....
Margaret Brent, Savior of Maryland
Margaret Brent was among the wealthiest colonists of her day, and she may have singlehandedly saved the Catholic colony of Maryland in the 17th century....
Fr. Patrick Peyton
Fr. Patrick Peyton coined the phrase "the family that prays together stays together." His "family theatre" program inspired thousands, and he helped the CIA....
Knute Rockne
Knute Rockne, legendary coach of Notre Dame football, revolutionized the game of football. He became Catholic after the example of his devout players....
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