Cornelia Connelly, S.H.C.J.
...y.” [1] Despite protests from Isabella, Cornelia married Pierce on December 1, 1831. Following the marriage, Reverend Connelly was offered to lead a congregation at Holy Trinity in Natchez, Mississippi. At the time, Catholicism was going through a revival in the Mississippi Valley: old orders such as the Society of
Our Lady of Czestochowa Dedication
...d hold 2,000 people and had rooms for Polish heritage education. On October 16, 1966, 135,000 people attended the dedication ceremony. Among the guests of honor was President Lyndon B. Johnson, who spoke for 25 minutes of history and heritage of Polish Americans, and the need to build “bridges of
Catholic Interracial Council
.../11/1956 Anna McGarry, an Irish Catholic, was born in Philadelphia on March 17, 1894. In 1920s, she began to dedicate her life to fighting against discrimination against African Americans, after witnessing unfair housing practices in her North Philadelphia neighborhood.[6] Following the creation of the CIIC, McGarry cofounded the West Philadelphia
Marian Year of 1954
...s adding the cross to the top of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament. October 13, 1954 Here in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Archbishop John O’Hara opened the Marian Year at the Shrine of then-Venerable John Neumann on December 8, 1953. While Bishop of Philadelphia, Neumann travelled to Rome and