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Fr. John E. Lynch, CSP | 11/15/10

On January 16, 1875, the first Paulist missionaries to California set sail from New York, traveling around the horn of South America. They were Father...

08/15/10

With the impending outbreak of hostility in 1860, the northern-based Paulists cancelled their southern missions, much to the distress of those many southern bishops who...

08/15/10

Mission of St. Peter’s Church, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., October 4 – 14, 1885. Missionaries: Fathers W. Elliot, M. Smith, H.H. Wyman. This is not...

05/15/10

Mission of St. Patrick’s Church, Newburgh, NY, April 26 – May 10, 1885. Missionaries: Fathers G. Deshon, CSP, M. Smith, CSP, and A.P. Doyle, CSP....

02/15/10

Mission of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Paris, IL, September 25 – October 2, 1881. Missionaries: Fathers M. Smith and S.B. Hedges. Paris is...

12/15/09

Mission at St. John’s Church, Orange, NJ, February 2-9, 1862. Missionaries: Fathers I. Hecker and C. Walworth. The Mission was attended by many Prot[estant]s of...

09/14/09

Mission at St. Peter’s Church, Troy, NY, April 10-20, 1859. Missionaries: Fathers I. Hecker, A. Hewit, G. Deshon, and F. Baker. The Pastor of the...

05/15/09

MISSION AT IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH, STOUGHTON MASSACHUSETTS, FEBRUARY 14-21, 1864. Missionaries: Hecker and Baker This mission was evidently much needed and was well received, and...

06/14/08

Following are excerpts from the correspondence of Gene Burke to his mother during his novitiate years at St. Paul’s College in Washington, D.C. Through his...

05/14/08

Excerpts taken from his autobiography: Hollywood Priest: A Spiritual Struggle, New York: Doubleday Press, 1991, pp. 229-32 The trip had been rigorous and demanding. I...

04/14/08

Hewit Lecture of Spring 1991 The Paulist component of the 1991 Hewit Lecture took place on April 6, 1991 at St. Paul’s College in Washington,...

03/14/08

Father Bodfish came to the Paulists by the same path traveled by the first Paulists. Born to a prominent New England family, Father Bodfish was...