| Blackrobe in Blue: The Naval Chaplaincy of John P. Foley, S.J. 1942-1946 by Steve O'Brien Ph.D. |
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| Steve O'Brien holds a Ph.D. in history from Boston College and apart from Blackrobe in Blue has published extensively on his field of expertise, Catholic military and naval chaplains. His work has appeared in such periodicals as Our Sunday Visitor, The Remnant, Lincoln Herald, Columbia, The Boston Pilot, Military, Cobblestone, SeattleCatholic.com, academic journals and other popular periodicals. Dr. O'Brien also writes a regular department for The Latin Mass magazine featuring biographies of individual Catholics who have fought for what they believed right, often against terrible odds. Back issues may be obtained through The Latin Mass at (210) 327-5900. www.latinmassmagazine.com Fall 2002 - Fr. Rupert Mayer, S.J., heroic Jesuit imprisoned by Hitler. Winter 2002 - David Goldstein, Jewish Socialist convert who became a powerful evangelist in the Archdiocese of Boston. Spring 2003 - Archbishop John Hughes, the 19th century prelate who struck out against anti-Catholicism. Summer 2003 - "Another S.I.W." , the true story of an elder priest assessing his life and Church. Fall 2003 - General William Tecumseh Sherman, agnostic, yet the father of a devout Catholic family. Winter 2004- Clement Maria Hofbauer, dedicated Redemptorist relentlessly persecuted by anti-clerical regimes. Spring 2004 - Eamon de Valera of Ireland, rebel and statesman. Summer 2004 - Raphael Semmes and Stephen Mallory, lynchpins in the Confederate Navy. Fall 2004 - Cardinal Mindszenty, martyr and Hungarian prelate and how he was portrayed on film. Winter 2005 - Fr. John Bapst S.J., Swiss Jesuit exile missionary in Maine tarred and feathered for teaching children. Spring 2005 - Fr. Thomas Gavan Duffy, son of the Irish patriot and selfless missionary to pagan India. Summer 2005 - Juan de Mariana, S.J., controversial advocate of tyrannicide. Fall 2005 - Auf Wiedersehen, the story of the closing of historic Holy Trinity Church in Boston. Advent/Christmas 2005 - Bishop Patrick Manogue, miner and founder of the See of Sacramento. Spring 2006 - Father Corby, Lincoln and a Hanging - story of a Civil War chaplain who intervened with the president for a condemned soldier's life. Summer 2006 - Epic of Catholic founding father Charles Carroll Fall 2006 - In Praise of Hell - the strange story of 18th Jesuit astronomer Maximillian Hell, S.J. Advent 2006 - story of Catholic Reformation pope, Sixtus V Winter 2007 - James Brendan Connolly - first Olympic medalist since ancient times. Spring 2007 - Child author from Iceland, Nonni, who was actually a Jesuit priest Summer 2007 - Under the Green Flag - the Irishness of Joyce Kilmer Fall 2007 - story of Count Stauffenberg, who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler Christmas 2007 - Great Captain, Great Queen - Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba and Queen Isabella of Spain Winter 2008 - Johann Eck - nemesis of Martin Luther Spring 2008 - Cardinal Bellarmine's role in the Galileo case |