The Centennial Fountain
...ony to the patriotic feeling of the Catholic Total Abstainers all over the United States.”[1] CHRC Catholic Standard, March 25, 1876, SB1, page 224 With the approval and backing of the national society, the Philadelphia chapter began planning and fundraising. After an original design focusing on the connection between America
The Church and Labor
...nsignor George G. Higgins presented 1995 Rerum Novarum Award by Local 1776 United Food & Commercial Workers. Halvey 454K Many Catholic across Europe and America saw the importance of Rerum Novarum, with some comparing its effect on labor to the effect of the Manga Carta on liberty.[4] Msgr. John Ryan,
Sesquicentennial International Exposition
...on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and Fairmount Park, but the entry of the United States into World War I paused all plans. By the time the war ended, the country was dealing with the Spanish Flu and plans fell once again with the death of John Wanamaker in 1922. Plans
Elevation of Cardinal Dougherty
...after arriving in Europe, Cardinal Dougherty began his journey back to the United States, boarding the Olympic in France. New York City was the scene of large crowds and warm well wishers as His Eminence preceded up New York Harbor. When the Cardinal and his party were joined by the