Includes information about labors of monasticism in the cause of humanity; the true Catholic spirit; education in Ireland.

Includes information about a pastoral letter of the late general convention; Jerusalem; review of the Bible question; the Catholics, the Irish, political demagogues, and religious newspapers.

Includes information about a pastoral letter from the late general convention; and ancient missal; Catholicism and Republican government; manner of the Reformation.

Includes information about influence of the Reformation on literature; growth of Catholicism; religion and politics; Catholic religion in the District of Columbia.

Includes information about the Christians of Abyssinia; Loughborough, brothers of charity; holiday thoughts; the degeneracy of monastic institutes.

Includes information about the Christians of Abyssinia; retrospect of the past year. Also contains the poem "The Convert of Smyrna" by Jona Slocum.

Includes information about the Christians of Abyssinia; use and abuse of the Bible; religious intellectual institutions. Also contains the poem "Line" by Cecilia.

Includes information about the retrospect of the past year; knowledge of the Bible in the Dark Ages; discovery of a vast catacomb in Milos. Also contains the poem "Misanthropy" by Y.

Includes information about Catholic missions; the recollections of the centurion who conducted St. Paul to Rome; an article on the Pope's supremacy.

Includes information on Catholic missions; the connection between doctrine and morals; why Catholicity is hated by Protestants.