Cardinal John P. Foley
Best known as the English language commentator for the Pope’s Midnight Christmas Mass and other major papal liturgies, Cardinal John Patrick Foley, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and former President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, died on Sunday, December 11,
10th Synod
...phia. The first one was called by then Coadjutor Bishop Francis Kenrick to deal with administrative issues arising from the issues on trusteeism.[3] The most recent one was held by Dennis Cardinal Dougherty in 1934 to look at responsibilities of priests and aspects of the Mass such as length of
A Philadelphia Artist
...her than family correspondence, a decent amount of letters and other items deal with Martin's career as an artist. Martin’s works primarily included landscape, portrait, and maritime paintings, specifically paintings of U.S. Naval ships. He also painted works with religious themes. A parishioner and friend of St. Philip Neri's first
Martin I. J. Griffin papers, 1842-1950 (MC 8)
...ewspapers. Widely known as a church historian, Griffin authored many works dealing with Catholic history and was a frequent contributor to and editor of several magazines and periodicals, including The Irish Catholic Benevolent Union Journal, American Catholic Historical Researches and Griffin’s Journal. He edited a Sunday School journal from 1867