Marian Year of 1954
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 IX in the papal bull Ineffabilis Deus. Pope Pius XII, in his
Saint John Neumann and the Forty Hours Devotion
With the National Eucharistic revival taking place this year, it would be appropriate to talk about the Forty Hours Devotion. The devotion began in Milan, Italy, in memory of the forty hours that the Sacred Body of Jesus laid in the tomb. Not long after, the practice spread to Rome
Cornelia Connelly, S.H.C.J.
Since March 8th is International Women's Day, it felt right to share the story of one of Philadelphia’s own: Cornelia Connelly, Foundress of the Society of the Holy Child of Jesus. Cornelia Augusta Peacock Connelly was born on January 15, 1809, to Ralph Peacock and Mary Swope Bowen. Tragedy struck
Monsignor Hugh J. Nolan
Monsignor Hugh J. Nolan was born in Philadelphia on July 8, 1911 to Thomas and Mildred Nolan. After attending Corpus Christ parochial school and Roman Catholic High School, he entered Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary to study for the priesthood in 1929. In the course of nine years, Nolan obtained a