Philadelphia’s First Bishop
...ancaster to work with Father Louis de Barth. (Father de Barth, a life-long friend of Bishop Egan, would eventually succeed Egan as administrator of the Philadelphia Diocese until its second bishop, Henry Conwell, was appointed in 1820.) Father Egan’s excellent reputation for preaching greatly appealed to the prestigious congregation of
Recently Processed Collection: John Gilmary Shea Correspondence
...publications over the decades, it is reasonable to assume he relied on his expansive network of personal and professional relationships to obtain the pertinent information required for his extensive scholarly works. The Shea correspondence collection I processed in late fall 2012 provides a unique perspective and reveals Shea’s activities as
Cornelia Connelly, S.H.C.J.
...t, asked around Rome how to start the process. Even though there were rare exceptions for married priests, it was suggested by Vatican officials that “his usefulness would prove greater as a married man than as a priest.” [3] After the birth of their third child John Henry, the couple
Irish Catholics and Secret Societies
...began a decade long war against the mines. The conflict culminated in the execution of ten Mollies on June 21, 1877 for a series of murders in 1875.[9] The main witness was a Pinkerton detective who infiltrated the group and testified as to having witnessed the murders.[10] The Molly Maguire