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- Descriptions of the Early Church in Northern Indiana 1836
- Another St. Francis Xavier Church-Raywick Kentucky
- Dedication of St. Francis Xavier Cathedral (1841)
- Catholics and the KKK
- Catholics in Indiana in 1840
- Dr. James Divita (1938-2023)
- Auguste Martin, The Vatican and Slavery
- Christmas 2022
- ALL Saints 2022
- Ordinations 1837
- The Birth of Simon Petit Lalumiere
- 1985 Fire Kills 3 Priests in Starlight Parish
- Chatard – A Bishop of Vincennes in Indianapolis
- Fr. Robert Gorman
- Bishop Hailandiere Resigns – 1847
- Francis Chatard Ordained
- Finishing the Month of March
- Monsignor John J. Doyle, 1898-1985
- Baptismal Records for Simon Brute and Antoine Deydier
- A Few Days in February
- The Diocese of Fort Wayne Established in 1857
- Father Alessandro Gavazzi and the “Know Nothings”
- November 5, 1834
- Praise for Bishop Brute – the “Priestly” priest in 1967
- Feast of All Saints – 2021
- Overlooked Scholarship on Brute
- The Feast of St. Ignatius
- Dearborn County – What Goes Around, Comes Around
- Establishment of the Diocese of Vincennes-1834 and Simon Brute
- Cornerstone of St. Francis Xavier
- Sister Ann Kathleen Brawley
- Anthony Deydier – Indiana Saint
- Benjamin Petit – Indiana Saint
- January Calendar
- Deacons and Sub Deacons
- Louisiana Saints
- Bishop Week-December 6-13
- The Feasts of All Saints and All Souls-2020
- Suppression of the Jesuits 1763
- Another Saint Francis Xavier Church
- The Resignation and Departure of Bishop Hailandiere
- More Forgotten Missionaries-Fr. JHB Seepe
- Rev. Anthony (Antoine) Deydier
- The Birth of Simon Gabriel Brute
- Dedication of Sts. Peter and Paul – December 21, 1906
- Herman Joseph Alerding-1845-1907
- The Feasts of All Saints & All Souls
- Bishop Brute Visits New Alsace 1836
- Band of Missionaries – Part-2 – John Corbe
- Simon Petit Lalumiere – 1804-1857
- Band of Missionaries — Part-1 – Vincent Bacquelin
- Bishop Brutés Pastoral Letter – August 1835
- The Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola
- More Forgotten Missionaries
- Stanislaus Buteux
- The “other” Chatards
- Hailandiere named Coadjutor – May 17, 1839
- Establishment of the Diocese of Vincennes-May 6, 1834
- Easter Sunday 1848
- The Establishment of the Diocese of Bardstown (1808)
- Matthew Felix Ruff
- March Calendar
- History Snippets…
- Diocese of Fort Wayne Established-January 8, 1857
- The Diocese of Fort Wayne but almost the Diocese of Lafayette or Indianapolis
- All Saints 2018
- Consecration of Simon Brute- 1834
- Early Saint John’s in Indianapolis
- Patrick Rattigan
- Simon Petit Lalumiere – First Priest of Bishop Brute
- The “Trail of Death” 1838
- The Death of Vincent Bacquelin
- The Early American Church and Slavery
- The Death of Simon Brute
- The “Congregation of the White River”
- Ordination of Simon Brute
- Death of Cardinal Ritter
- Diocese of Fort Wayne becomes Fort Wayne-South Bend
- Mother Theodore
- The Death and Birth of Hailandiere
- Early Failures-Difficult Conditions
- March Calendar
- The Birth of Simon Gabriel Brute
- Fr. John Plunket (1798-1840)
- Simon Brute ““ An “˜American’ Saint
- Petit and Deydier
- The first winter in Vincennes-Bishop Brutés letter to the world
- A Glimpse of the Indiana Missions in 1833
- This Week in Indiana Catholic History
- Feast of Elizabeth Ann Seton
- Christmas 1834
- Faithful Departed
- Death of Bishop Chartrand
- Bishop Hailandiere returns to Vincennes
- November 5, 1834
- All Saints 2017
- Consecration of Simon Brute
- Ordinations 1837
- Saint Mother Theodore
- Archangel Valley
- The Birth of Simon Petit Lalumiere
- The Cause of Simon Brute
- The Trail of Death
- The Death of Vincent Bacquelin
- Dedication of St. Francis Xavier Cathedral 1841
- Indiana “Saints”
- The Death of Bishop St. Palais
- The Death of Simon Brute
- A Tale of Two Bishops
- Mother Theodore Guérin
- The Death Father Michael Shawe
- Death of Bishop Bazin
- Sacramental Records at Vincennes
- March Calendar
- The Birth of Simon Gabriel Brute
- John Francis Plunkett (1798-1840)
- Simon Brute – An “American” Saint
- Two Indiana Saints
- Nicholas Petit S.J.
- This Week In Indiana Catholic History
- The Feast of Elizabeth Ann Seton
- Establishment of the ARCHdiocese of Indianapolis-1944
- Benjamin Petit – Minor Orders 1836
- Chartrand and Chatard
- Herman Joseph Alerding
- Chicago…
- Brute Takes Possession of his Cathedral
- All Saints 2016
- Bishop Brute Issues his first Pastoral Letter – 1834
- Bishop Brute Consecrated 1834
- Indianapolis becomes an ARCHdiocese
- Archbishop George Joseph Biskup
- Ordinations… 1837
- The Feast of Saint Mother Theodore
- Fr. Julian Benoit
- The Fire of 1842
- The Cause of Simon Brute
- Death of Brute (In the News)
- Death of Bishop Chatard
- The Trail of Death
- Father Vincent Bacquelin
- Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral, Vincennes
- Laying the Cornerstone of the first Assumption Church in Evansville
- Bishop Hailandiere’ Resigns
- The Death of Simon Brute
- The Ordination of Simon Gabriel Brute
- Bishop Brutés Consecration
- Bishop Brute at work…
- Holy Cross and its Beginnings
- The Death of Saint Mother Theodore Guérin
- This week…
- The Diocese of Vincennes
- Bishop Hailanderé dies in France 1882
- Sacramental Records at Vincennes
- Matthew Felix Ruff
- Simon Brute
- Fr. John Plunkett (1798-1840) and Miscellanea
- August Bessonies – Pioneer Priest
- Petit and Deydier
- Ritter named Auxiliary Bishop 1933
- This Week…
- January 4, 2016 – Feast of Elizabeth Ann Seton
- Establishment of the Archdiocese – 1944
- Benjamin Petit – 1836
- Joseph Chartrand – 1870-1933
- Bishop Alerding – 1845-1924
- Chicago on its own…
- Anthony Foucher
- Brute takes possession of his Cathedral
- All Saints 2015
- Bishop Brute Consecrated 1834
- Indianapolis becomes an Archdiocese
- October Events
- Saint Mother Theodore
- Archbishop Ritter and Integration
- The Cause of Simon Brute
- Bishop Chatard Dies…
- Father Vincent Bacquelin
- Bishop de la Hailandiere Consecrated
- Father Alerding speaks
- Work Progressing on Servant of God
- Hailandiere Resigns (1847)
- July is a month for Bishops
- The Death of Simon Brute
- Brutés Papers
- Bishop Brute and the Potawatomi
- Servant of God, Simon Brute Ordained
- Bishop Chatard moved and Cardinal Ritter dies
- Archangel Valley
- 181 Years Ago…
- Simon Brute – Saint by Association?
- Bishop Brute – Letter to Mother Rose at Emmitsburg
- March History
- The Birth of Simon Brute
- Vincennes
- The Last Days of February
- Benjamin Petit and Anthony Deydier – True Indiana Saints
- Bishops (Past, Present, Future)
- December 19, 1944
- December Calendar
- Hailandiere’s Journey Back
- All Saints-2014
- Bishop Brute Consecrated 1834
- October Calendar
- Mother Theodore Guerin
- Father Vincenet Bacquelin
- Moving the Bishop’s Chair…
- Chatard Makes a stop in Vincennes
- Dedication of the Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier – 1841
- Diocesan Map 1845
- Hailandiere Resigns
- Servant of God Simon Brute – 1779-1839
- Novena…
- Simon’s Month
- 180 Years Ago…
- The Death of Bishop de la Hailiandieré
- Why Make Saints?
- Matthew Felix Ruff
- Moving to Indianapolis – Succession of Bishops – Cornerstones
- Fr. Senat, Fr. Deydier and 101 years
- Happy Birthday, Bishop Brute
- Citizen Brute
- Vincennes
- August Bessonies – February 22nd
- Archbishop Schulte – February 17
- Father Petit and Father Deydier
- The Cost of Sainthood
- Bishop, Bishop Archbishop
- January 8 – The Diocese of Fort Wayne Established
- January 4th – The Feast of Elizabeth Ann Seton
- December 19, 1944
- Saint Joseph’s Revisited
- December 2013
- ALL Saints – 2013
- Bishop Brute Consecrated 1834
- October Events…
- Anne Therese Guerin (Mother Theodore)
- Saint Joseph Church
- The Week in Indiana Catholic-Part-2
- This (Past) Week in Indiana Catholic History
- Father John Villars – Stories of faith and miracles – Fact or Fantasy???
- The “Cause” of Simon Brute
- The Death of Bishop St. Palais
- The Death of Bishop Brute
- Simon Brute Ordained
- Cardinal Ritter Dies
- The Death of Saint Mother Theodore Guérin
- Bishop de la Hailandiere’s Death
- Records at Saint Francis Xavier in Vincennes
- Matthew Felix Ruff
- Easter 2013
- The Road from Vincennes to Indianapolis
- Old Bishops Never Die…
- Birth of Simon Brute
- Simon Brute – an “American” Saint
- The Surender of Vincennes in 1779
- Msgr. August Bessonies – February 22, 2013
- Archbishop Schulte Dies – February 17, 1984
- Indiana Saints
- Ritter Named Auxiliary – February 3, 1933
- The Fate of Bishop Brutés Papers
- January 8 — The Diocese of Fort Wayne
- January 4, 2013 – Elizabeth Ann Seton
- (Charles) Laurence Picot
- December 19, 1944
- December Calendar
- Herman Joseph Alerding – December 6th
- Archbishop Tobin Installed as 6th Archbishop of Indianapolis
- Hailandiere Returns to Indiana
- Brute takes possession of his Cathedral
- November 1, 2012 – All Saints
- The Feast of ALL Saints-2012
- Consecration of Simon Brute
- New Archbishop Named
- Keeping up with the calendar…
- A Special Feast Day …
- Indiana’s Own: (Elmer) Joseph Cardinal Ritter
- Calendar
- Hailandiere Consecrated
- John Carroll
- Chatard to Vincennes “I’ll just be staying the night…”
- Fighting Irish or French?
- The Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola
- Hailandiere Resigns
- Death of St. Palais
- Simon Gabriel Brute – 1779-1839
- June 2012
- On This Day-May 17th
- The Death of Mother Theodore…
- Sacramental Records at Vincennes
- Matthias Ruff and Benjamin Petit
- More Items from the Calendar
- A full calendar
- Happy Birthday!
- Citizen Brute
- Anniversaries…
- Vincennes Surrenders (1779)
- August Bessonies
- Anthony Deydier – 1788-1864
- Benjamin Petit 1811-1839
- Auxiliary Bishop
- Recent and Not So Recent…
- Calendar Items
- January 4, 2012 – Feast of Elizabeth Ann Seton
- Archdiocese Created – December 19, 1944
- On This Day…
- Herman Joseph Alerding
- Researches…
- Demographics
- Hailandiere Returns Home
- 200 years ago today…
- Calendar – On This Day (Nov. 5)
- ALL Saints…
- Simon, Simon and Jude
- October 3, 2011
- Archbishop Daniel Resigns
- Servant of God Simon Brutè
- Chatard Dead…
- Fr. Vincent Bacquelin
- John Carroll ordained Bishop of Baltimore
- Chatard’s arrival in Vincennes – Just passing through…
- Dedication of Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral-August 8, 1841
- Chartrand named Coadjutor
- Two Events On This Day
- Resignation!!
- Simon Gabriel Brute de Remur – 1779-1839
- Chatard ordained
- June Calendar…
- Memorial Weekend
- Another new bishop and the “Mons”…
- May Calendar
- Diocese of Vincennes established
- Birth of Bishop Hailandiere (or was that yesterday?)
- Death of Bishop Bazin
- Earliest Church Records
- Matthias Ruff & Benjamin Petit
- Diocese of Indianapolis established (and a Bishop Ordained)
- Chatard named Bishop of Vincennes
- Father Senat Murdered”¦
- Prayers for Archbishop Buechlein
- Born on this day in 1779″¦
- Simon Brute anniversaries
- Remembering St. John’s, Indianapolis
- February comes to an end…
- The Death of Benjamin Petit
- Elmer Joseph Ritter
- “œGood for nothing but to rot with me””¦
- History repeats”¦ sort of”¦
- Brute the Artist
- Weekend Calendar
- Feast of Elizabeth Ann Seton
- More December calendar
- December Calendar
- Born, Dead and Buried
- All Saints, Suppression and Building Up
- Sts. Simon and Jude and another Simon
- State of the Diocese in 1846
- Feast Days and Celebrations
- Modern Day History
- Bishop Chatard Dies
- Fr. Vincent Bacquelin
- Remembering those…
- John Carroll Ordained – August 15, 1790
- Making it real
- Joseph Chartrand becomes Coadjutor
- Bishop Bazin Ordained
- Hailandiére resigns…
- Brute death
- Whatever Happened To…
- This Week
- Yet another “Then and Now”…
- Then, and not so Then…
- Then and Now
- 176 Years and counting…
- The Death of Bishop Hailandiere
- April Calendar
- The Week
- The Birth of Simon Brute
- Sister Ann Kathleen Brawley
- Brutés Citizenship
- Vincennes and the Revolution
- Msgr. August Bessonies
- Benjamin Petit
- Found!!
- Bishop St. Palais Consecrated
- Archbishop O’Meara dies
- The Diocese of Fort Wayne Established
- E.A. Seton and Indiana
- The Year in Indiana Catholic History, or the lull in the calendar?
- Archdiocese created – December 19, 1944
- Ordinations in December 1836
- Chartrand and Chatard
- Bishop Alerding dies (1924)
- Diocese of Chicago Established in 1843
- Hailandiere’s Body Returned to Vincennes
- Bishop St. Palais Born in 1811
- On This Day
- All (Indiana) Saints
- Bishop Brute Consecrated…
- Bazin Consecrated – October 24, 1847
- Archdiocese of Indianapolis created.
- George Joseph Biskup
- More anniversaries
- On this day…
- Keeping the Memory Alive…
- Saint Mother Theodore and Bishop St.Palais
- “Servant of God” Simon Brute
- Bishop Chatard Dies
- Hailandiere Consecrated Bishop of Vincennes 1839
- Fr. Deydier and life in the “Missions”
- Bishop Chatard Installation
- Dedication of the Cathedral: August 8, 1841
- Chartrand named Coadjutor
- Hailandiere Resigns
- The Death of St. Palais
- Servant of God Simon Brute Died on 26 June 1839
- Anniversary of the Ordination of Simon Brute
- Hailandiere Ordained
- May Calendar Update
- When it all began…
- Calendar Events
- Ordinations – Felix Matthew Ruff
- Cornerstone Laid
- Transfer of the See
- Chatard named Bishop in 1878
- Fr. Senat
- Elizabeth Seton and Simon Brute
- Citizen Brute
- Vincennes History
- The Death of Benjamin Marie Petit…
- St. Palais Consecrated (1849)
- Diocese of Fort Wayne Established
- The Feast of Elizabeth Ann Seton
- Archdiocese Created
- Father Petit – Ordination and the “Trail of Death”
- Burials and Births (Part Deux)
- Burials and Births…
- Birth of Bishop St. Palais – 1811
- The “American” Church
- St. Francis Xavier Cathedral Miscellany
- The Feasts of All Saint and All Souls
- Brutés Consecration
- Bishop Bazin Consecrated
- Archdiocese celebrates today
- 1837 Ordinations
- Bishop Brutés Ghost
- Feast Days and Appointment Days
- Joseph Chartrand Ordained
- Francis Silas Marean Chatard
- Moments of Indiana (Catholic ) History
- Seven Principles of Sainthood-Books about Indiana Saints
- Conserving Mother Theodore’s Diary
- The Death of Simon Bruté – June 26, 1839
- Apostle of the Alleghenies
- Digital Indiana Catholic History
- Before Vincennes – Simon Brute, Anthony Deydier et al
- Monsignor John J. Doyle – 1898-1985
- Mother Theodore Anniversary
- Calendar Items
- “Trail of Death” historical markers
- Vincennes Surrenders
- More on Benjamin Petit
- Archbishop Buechlein announces cancer diagnosis
- Archbishop O’Meara
- Elizabeth Ann Seton
- Ordinations at Vincennes – December 18, 1836
- Prayers for Bishop Brute
- Bishop Brute” History of Vincennes ““ 1839: Part 7 of 7
- Approaching the Feast of All Saints
- Sisters of Providence to celebrate feast of foundress
- Bishop Brute” History of Vincennes ““ 1839: Part 6 of 7
- Bishop Brute” History of Vincennes ““ 1839: Part 4 of 7
- Bishop Brute” History of Vincennes ““ 1839: Part 4 of 7
- Bishop Brute” History of Vincennes ““ 1839: Part 3 of 7
- Restoring the “Old Cathedral”
- The Death of Simon Bruté – June 26, 1839
- Bishop Brutés History of Vincennes – 1839: Part 2 of 7
- Bishop Brutés History of Vincennes – 1839: Part 1 of 7
- Bishop Brutés Report to Rome in 1836
- Michael Edgar Shawe – 1793-1853
- Monsignor John J. Doyle
- The Death of Mother Theodore (Saint Theodora Guérin)
- 125th Anniversary of the death of Bishop Hailandiere
- 170th Anniversary of Fr. Deydier’s Ordination
- Fr. Benjamin Marie Petit
- Mother Theodore meets the 21st century (again)
- Publications of note
- Interesting connections
- All Saints – All Souls
- The Eighth American Saint
- Saint Mother Theodore meets the 21st Century Media
- Anticipating Canonization:
- Memorial of Blessed Mother Theodore:
- Death of Bishop Bruté
- Troubles from the Past: — The following is transcribed from “The Holy See and the Nascent Church in the Middle Western United States, 1826-1850” by Robert Trisco, 1962 (pp.386-388)
- Sainthood!!
- Simon William Gabriel Brute de Rémur
- The Correspondence of M.A. Frenaye
- Catholic Historical Review – Bishop Brutés Papers
- Anthony Deydier One of the first Late Vocations:
- Preserving Cardinal Ritter’s Boyhood Home
- History Clippings
- Louis DeSeille
- Simon Lalumiere – Sacramental Record
- May – Ordination Month
- Mother Theodore Anniversary
- More on Mother Theodore’s impending canonization
- (Saint) Mother Theodore Geurin…
- Msgr. Francis R. Tuohy (1935-2005)
- Msgr. John J. Doyle (1898-1985)
- Fr. John Plunket (1798-1840)
- August Bessonies
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