Victory Mass

...y Mass visit the archives for our scrapbook collection, which has numerous newspaper articles and ephemera on the event. [1] Letter from Cardinal Dougherty to Parish Priest, October 12, 1942. SB-36 June 1942-Dec. 1942; 101. Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. [2] Ibid. [3] Ibid. [4] Letter

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Mary Brackett Willcox and Catholicism in the Suburbs

...hrc-phila.org/items/show/8649 After her conversion, she fully embraced her new faith. Every summer, Mary and James invited Kenrick, other priests, and seminarians to spend time at their home.[7] Over time she would develop special relationships with the seminarians to the point that in letters they began referring to her as “Ma”

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Marian Year

...new parishes founded during the year to be named after Mary. All told, ten new parishes would be founded and named in honor of Mary, as well as a new chapel for the Cathedral named Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament. Halvey_K409_001 Halvey_K409_002   East and West: a unity of

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Newman Centers

...is was the publication of periodicals, such as the Newman Quarterly (later Newman News), which ran from 1917 to 1947.[10] In 1938, the FCCC would change its name to the Newman Club Federation and by the 1950s would have 600 local clubs around the world.[11] One of the main problems

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