Patrick McNamara, PhD

Dr. Patrick McNamara is a Catholic historian and the author of New York Catholics: Faith, Attitude, & the Works.

A saint who proves we should trust God even in hard times

Patrick McNamara, PhD

Her father sneered, “What can a woman do?”

Patrick McNamara, PhD

Nicholas Black Elk: This Sioux medicine man may be recognized as a saint

Patrick McNamara, PhD

The Jesuit son of General William Tecumseh Sherman

Patrick McNamara, PhD

From slave to saint: Venerable Pierre Toussaint

Patrick McNamara, PhD

Orestes Brownson: “Catholic American’s first great lay intellectual”

Patrick McNamara, PhD

The Baroness and the Gospel: Catherine de Hueck Doherty

Patrick McNamara, PhD

Sister Ignatia: The Catholic nun behind Alcoholics Anonymous

Patrick McNamara, PhD

Who were the “Know-nothings”? What was “Know-Nothingism”?

Patrick McNamara, PhD

The nuns of the American Civil War

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