Marian Year of 1954
...ass at St. Peter's Church to open Marian Year, December 8, 1953 May is the month devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary and this year marks the 60th anniversary of the Marian Year of 1954. A hundred years earlier, the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception was defined by Pope Pius
Archbishop John Carroll
...was made assistant pastor by Bishop Carroll.[9] However, by the end of the month, Father Goetz was unhappy with being assistant and wanted to be pastor of the parish. So with the backing of some of the trustees, Father Peter Helbron was removed and Father Goetz was named pastor.[10] In
Saint John Neumann and the Forty Hours Devotion
...y way of Saint Philip Neri and was celebrated on the first Sunday of every month. Subsequent popes expanded the practice to all churches in Rome and Saint Ignatius Loyola and the Society of Jesus spread the practice around Europe. Engraving of Saint Philip Neri Church, Southwark A little after
Last Days of the Union
This month of April, 2011 marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War. The state of South Carolina seceded from the Union on December 20, 1860. In apparent response to this news, Reverend Joseph Cullen from St. Bridget's Parish recorded a brief yet profound statement in the