Marian Year of 1954
...n of Peace Parish in Ardsley Several events took place during the Marian year. A two-year exhibition of Vatican stamps, the first time displayed in the United States, opened at the short-lived National Philatelic Museum. By far, the biggest Philadelphia event was the Marian Congress of the Oriental Church
Marian Year
...y The Archdiocese of Philadelphia had numerous events throughout this Holy Year. The year opened with a procession and Mass led by Archbishop John F. O’Hara at St. Peter the Apostle Church. O’Hara directed all new parishes founded during the year to be named after Mary. All told, ten new
Alliance of Catholic Women
...er notable part of the Alliance was its focus on education. This took on a number of different forms over the years. In 1920 with its first major program, the ACW established an endowment to fund scholarships to the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.[6] Named after an early member, the
Bishop Francis Kenrick and His Journals
...ann in 1852 after Kenrick was named the Archbishop of Baltimore. The early years of Kenrick's time in Philadelphia were not without controversy, and many of the letters at the beginning of his journal detail the events surrounding the conflict between the bishop and the trustees of St. Mary's Church,