Reading Your Way Through History

The 16 Carmelite martyrs of Compiègne were guillotined during the French Revolution. You can read more about them in the Catholic Encycloped...

Apollo 11, the mission that culminated with the first landing on the moon, was launched. You can watch and listen to the events in real-time...

Saints of Asia: 1500 to the Present by Vincent J. O'Malley, C.M. (Our Sunday Visitor) Christians in China: AD 600 to 2000 by Fr. Jean ...

A list in progress of picture books and a few links: 5. Si Ling - The Empress and the Silkworm 19. Patrick - Patrick by Tomie de Paola 2...

G.K. Chesterton wrote a very moving poem about the battle (best as a read-aloud) which you can read here . Wikipedia has really detailed a...

Sputnik was launched .

I just stumbled across a rather unexpected site - Fox News' Archaeology page! They have the latest archaeology news (not always VERY new...