Saint John Neumann and the Forty Hours Devotion
...in the tomb. Not long after, the practice spread to Rome by 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
Communism
...munism in Eastern Europe and Korea, Knudsen highlights that its forces will accept nothing but total victory in Vietnam. Knudsen, “From Out of the Depths,” November 9, 1972 Despite the suppression of religion in the Warsaw Pact countries, Catholicism in Poland not only survived but thrived as many Poles saw
A “petulant girl”?: Josephine Walsh’s diaries
...ng at PAHRC this summer, and am currently creating an inventory for two artificial collections: “handwritten manuscripts” and “manuscripts books.” It appears that many of the items in these collections were removed from manuscript collections. For instance, many of the items that I’ve come across were created by Josephine M.
Elizabeth Sarah Kite papers, 1865-1954 (MC 2)
...te (1864-1954) was a teacher, social scientist, historian, author, and archivist. Born in Philadelphia to Quaker parents, Kite was educated at Westtown Boarding school and the Philadelphia Friends’ Select School; and then studied extensively in Europe. In 1906, she converted to Catholicism, after her experiences with French Catholics. From 1909