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
Marian Year of 1954
.... Several pilgrimages took place during the year, most of which included a stop at the Shrine of the Miraculous Medal in Germantown. The Shrine, which had been housed in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception of Saint Vincent’s Seminary since 1927, saw about 65,000 pilgrims from 322 groups during