Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Archival Moments Click any of the links below to read the archival moment for that date. April 1 - Confederation March 29 - Bishop John Thomas Mullock Dies March 27 - Death of John Hogan March 25 - Sister Nugent March 24 - Thomas Mulluck Organist March 17 - St. Patrick’s Day Tradition March 9 - "Dead Christ" March 4 - Newfoundland Proposed To Sell Labrador To Quebec? March 3 - Escape from the Library March 2 - Influenza Epidemic Raging February 28 - Grenfell Birthday February 26 - The Loss of the S.S. Florizel February 25 - Redemptorists and Mullock February 24 - Pancake Day February 21 - No Moving Pictures this Lent February 21 - A Newfoundland Saint? February 19 - Palace Fire February 18 - Pollux and Truxton February 15 - The Ocean Ranger February 14 - Valentine February 13 - Moving Pictures February 12 - Father Ewer Funeral February 10 - The White Plague February 7 - First Stone for St.Patrick's February 5 - First Meeting Of The Benevolent Irish Society February 2 - Candlemas January 31, 2001 - Anniversary of Episcopal Ordination January 30, 1833 - Newfoundland Marriage Regulations The Cathedral Bells - The Maiden Bells January 15 - Winter Walking January 13 - Rome on Grenfell January 6 - Old Christmas Day January 4 - Cardinal Has Newfoundland Connections January 1 - The Finest Room in the Colony December 16 - Mother and Child, Buried in the Basilica Cathedral? December 14 - The New Palace December 8 - The Statues of the Immaculate Conception in the Basilica December 5 - The Death of Bishop Thomas J. Power December 4 - Veiled Virgin November 21 - Presentation Sisters Feast Day November 17 - Bell Island Ferries Collide November 16 - Newfoundland Nun Interred in German Prison Camp November 11 - Two Friends on the Battlefield November 8 - Unite the Old World and the New November 5 - Bonfire Night October 31 - Halloween October 28 - Old Chapel Inspires Basilica Cathedral October 25 - Thinking in Green October 20 - Influenza Pandemic Reaches Newfoundland October 8 - Are You in My Pew? October 7 - Firing for the School September 29 - Belvedere Orphanage September 24 - A Home for the Nurses September 23 - Archbishop Never Reconciled Himself To Confederation September 18 - Catholics Forbidden To Join Union September 12 - The Pope in Newfoundland September 9 - Consecration Of The Basilica Cathedral September 6 - The Irish , Loyalty And Optimism In WWII September 4 - No Mandatory Military Service For Seminarians August 29 - The Cape Shore Road “A Path Through A Bog” August 28 - Denominational Division Of The Civil Service August 22 - Lawlessness In St. Mary’s Newfoundland August 17 - Ode To Newfoundland August 15 - Fishing For The Church On “lady Day” August 7 - Catholics Eat Meat At St. John’s Regatta? August 1 - The Road To Placentia July 30 - Cod Liver Oil From Newfoundland For War Victims In Europe July 23 - Fashion And Place In The New Cathedral July 22 - The Cornerstone Mercy Convent, Cathedral Square July 18 - Funeral And Interment In The Cathedral Crypt Bishop Fleming’s Death and Funeral July 8 - “Cries Of The Women Mingled With The Wailing Of Children” July 6 - ‘The Wealth of Dan Ryan’ July 3 - Burials Within The City Limits, Forbidden Thousands Attend Cemetery Consecration July 1 - Memorial Day June 26 - Cornerstone St. Patrick’s Church, St. John’s June 24 - Mysterious Iceberg Off St. John's Harbour “Our Lady of the Fjords” June 22 - Cathedral Raised To The Rank Of Minor Basilica By Pope June 21 - Kilbride Church Formally Dedicated June 17 - Amelia Earhart June 9 - 12,000 Newfoundlanders Seek Refuge June 7 - Sacred Newfoundland Ground In France June 6 - Howley Ordained Priest June 4 - Bishop Lashes Out At Government “Eleemosynary doles or road-jobbing” June 3 - Mercy Sisters Arrive in Newfoundland May 31 - The Last Survivor Of A Group Of Five Stone Churches May 28 - Ecumenical Spirit Occasioned Controversy May 27 - Portuguese Fishermen Present Our Lady Of Fatima Statues May 22 - “Bishop Puts Curse On The Town Of Harbour Grace” May 21 - Public Celebrations in Newfoundland to Celebrate Lifting of Popery Laws May 20 - Medallion Depicting The Ceremonial Laying Of The Cornerstone Struck. May 17 - Basilica Cathedral Entrance Archway May 15 - How Is A Priest To Dress? May 14 - The Basilica Bells May 12 - "Be Sober and Watch" – Take “The Pledge” May 8 - Franciscans Lobby to Hold Newfoundland May 7 - Newfoundland Bishops Heed Summons of Pope Newfoundland – Japan Connection May 5 - Commenced Construction Of The Harbour Grace Cathedral May 4 - Newfoundland Politicians, Bishops and Cardinals - International Connections May 1 - Mercy Sisters Open Their First School in the New World April 30 - Flatrock Men Refused Berths to the Ice Fields April 29 - Tradition of Great Newfoundland Choirs April 27 - College Built from Prison Stone St. Bonaventure's College - The Old College April 15 - The Cathedral Register April 13 - Penal Restrictions Of Centuries Lifted Public Celebrations in Newfoundland April 11 - Catholic Archbishop Designs City Seal April 9 - Archbishop Takes Former Prime Minister’s Home April 7 - Ferryland: First Mass In British North America April 5 - Catholic Priest’s Rescue Prime Minister Riot Causes Extensive Damage To Colonial Building April 2 - Rome Removes Priest From “The Island” April 1 - The Death Of The First Roman Catholic Bishop Of Newfoundland Other “Archival Moments” will be posted at this site on a regular weekly basis. 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