The Day the Bronx Bomber Played in Kensington

...ed for fun, not profit. These thoughts may just be nostalgic longing for a time that never really existed. But there are stories that illustrate there once were simpler times. One of these stories took place in a Catholic parish in Philadelphia and involved the greatest baseball player of his

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41st International Eucharistic Congress

...Congress focused on a different kind of hunger, such as hunger for God on day one and hunger for peace on day seven.[3] Over the week, the Congress also featured art and exhibits, such as performances of Godspell, A Man for All Seasons, and Foolsgold, a mime performance at Old

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Eucharistic Congress

...Congress focused on a different kind of hunger, such as hunger for God on day one and hunger for peace on day seven. Over the week, the Congress also featured art and exhibits, such as performances of Godspell, A Man for All Seasons, and Foolsgold, a mime performance at Old

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Daughters of Charity Nursed Wounded Civil War Soldiers at West Philadelphia hospital

...the greatest number of deaths in any one month, averaging at least one per day. In just one year, patients consumed more than 800,000 pounds of bread, 16,000 pounds of butter and 334,000 quarts of milk. During the war, more than 100 Daughters of Charity passed through the doors of

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