Born in 1854, Mark Moeslein was ordained a Passionist priest in 1878. From 1880 till 1913 he was assigned to the monasteries in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dunkirk, New York and West Hoboken (renamed Union City in 1925), New Jersey . When Bishop Paul Nussbaum, C.P. took possession of the See of Corpus Christi, Texas in 1913,...
This artistic image from the Passionist Historical Archives shows St. Peter’s Chapel Car. This was specially designed Pullman Car developed in conjunction with the Catholic Extension Society in Chicago. This Passionist ministry crisscrossed North Carolina from 1925 to 1931 by way of local railroad tracks with the purpose to preach the Gospel to scattered Catholics...
This is my short video reflection to celebrate December 30, 2022 as we approach 2023. Please click on the link in the Advent/Christmas calendar for December 30 and press the play button. How is our Christmas faith similar or changed from 60 years ago just as the world the turbulent and hopeful was underway? https://passionist.org/advent-calendar-2022/
This is my short video reflection to celebrate December 29 2022 as we approach 2023. Please click on the link in the Advent/Christmas calendar for December 29 and press the play button. How is our Christmas faith similar or changed from 70 years ago just as the unique decade of the 1950s was unfolding? https://passionist.org/advent-calendar-2022/
This is my short video reflection to celebrate December 28, 2022 as we approach 2023. Please click on the link in the Advent/Christmas calendar for December 28 and press the play button. How is our Christmas faith similar or changed from 80 years ago just as the world was amid World War II? https://passionist.org/advent-calendar-2022/
This is my short video reflection to celebrate December 27, 2022 as we approach 2023. Please click on the link in the Advent/Christmas calendar for December 27 and press the play button. How is our Christmas faith similar or changed from 90 years ago during the Great Depression? https://passionist.org/advent-calendar-2022/
In my capacity as Passionist historian I was honored to represent American Passionists from St. Paul of the Cross Province (based in the Eastern United States). I am seen here standing before the Schwarzenfeld monastery church on October 16, 2022. Click on the link below to see a short pdf photo presentation which shows the...
This photo, taken by Patrick Hayes, Ph.D. on his recent visit to St. Ann’s Basilica, Scranton, Pennsylvania shows me standing before the historic portraits of Passionist Fathers Godfrey Holbein, Clement Seybold and Walter Coveyou. Their murders by Chinese bandits in West Hunan, China was a key event in American Catholic missionay history to China, and...
Above is the book cover of The Cambridge Companion to American Catholicism. Editors: Margaret M. McGuinness and Thomas F. Rzeznik. (Cambridge University Press, 2021). You are invited to listen to this April 1, 2022 podcast from WSOU Radio, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey. Father Lawrence E. Frizzell interviews Passionist Father Robert Carbonneau about...
Above is the cross atop the the Holy Family Retreat and Conference Center. A Passionist ministry in West Hartford, Connecticut. Click on this link to view the Experience the Cross video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm-CmN-5dFY Visit or make a retreat at Holy Family. Click on this link: https://www.holyfamilyretreat.org/about-holy-family
