Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute

...her Sourin had a small meeting where he discussed the idea starting such a group. The following week, the first official meeting was held at Old St. Mary’s Rectory with 14 men in attendance.[3] There they picked the name Philopatrian, meaning “love of one’s country” and the motto of “Revere

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TV and Radio

...ooperative for producing and sharing segments called the Diocesan Producer Group.[8] Soon after, DVCOTVR took over full production of Real to Reel and changed the shows name to Catholic Magazine. With the change, Catholic Magazine focused more attention on local features as well as interviews with prominent Catholics in the

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10th Synod

...them to mail in suggestions.[10] These suggestions helped inform the small group meetings held during 2001, which narrowed down the topics to a total of nine themes that would be discussed in the formal synod sessions. Adult faith formation, Catholic education of the youth, and youth and young adults, evangelization

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Martin I. J. Griffin papers, 1842-1950 (MC 8)

...es and periodicals, including The Irish Catholic Benevolent Union Journal, American Catholic Historical Researches and Griffin’s Journal. He edited a Sunday School journal from 1867 to 1870 before serving as assistant editor to the newly established Catholic Standard and Times, the official Philadelphia diocesan newspaper, from 1870 to 1873. Griffin

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