Pilgrimage of Hope
...n in 1228, two years after the death of Francis and the same year he was canonized a saint. Though pictures are now allowed inside, I can visually remember the frescos on the walls and ceiling, some of which are still there despite their age and survival through natural disaster.
Cornelia Connelly, S.H.C.J.
...heir two children: Mercer and Adeline. After forty-seven days at sea and a stop in southern France, the Connellys final reached Rome in February 1836. They quickly integrated into local society and were frequent visitors of the influential Borghese family and Englishman John Talbot, the 16th Earl of Shrewsbury, who
Pope visit
...out the morning, was a Mass for Clergy and Religious at the Civic Center, where Pope John Paul II stated that the Eucharist “shows itself to be the source and the sum of all evangelization. ” Afterwards, he returned to the airport to fly to his next stop Des Moines,
Building of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
...funds from donations from the Catholics of the diocese, which at this time numbered 60,000 in the Philadelphia area.[4] Despite the possible challenges, things started off well. Napoleon Le Brun, who also built St. Augustine’s and St. Patrick’s, was hired as the architect.[5] The building quickly got under way with