Maximilian Godefroy and St. Mary’s Chapel
Maximilian Godefroy and St. Mary’s Chapel: The Invention of the Gothic Revival for America By Richard Guy Wilson The Godefroy Lecture was presented on Oct. 11, 2014, at 2 p.m. by Richard Guy Wilson, who holds the Commonwealth Professor’s Chair in...
Physician of Body and Soul: Simon Gabriel Bruté
Physician of Body and Soul: Simon Gabriel Bruté Doctor … Sulpician Priest … Teacher … Pioneer Scholar … Bishop … Confidant and Friend to a Saint! By Dr. Joseph M. White Of the many accomplishments in the life of Simon Bruté, one of the most remarkable was his deep and...
Mother Seton: The Paca Street Year
Mother Seton: The Paca Street Year (1808-1809) By Sister Betty Ann McNeil, D.C. Rev. Louis W. Dubourg, a Sulpician priest and president of St. Mary’s College located at 600 North Paca Street, invited the Widow Seton to establish a school for girls on Paca Street in...
Father Michael McGivney—His Paca Street Years
Father Michael McGivney—His Paca Street Years By Father Rob Carbonneau, CP, Ph.D. Father Michael McGivney (1852-1890) St. Mary’s Class of 1877 Founder of the Knights of Columbus (1882) Father McGivney established the Knights of Columbus as a fraternal insurance...John C. Kemper, PSS, Dies
Very Rev. John C. Kemper, P.S.S., who was instrumental in the restoration of the Historic Chapel and the building of the Visitor Center, died May 21 surrounded by family and friends.