Liturgical Week

...that promotes understanding of the liturgy, to hold its 24th Annual North American Liturgical Week in the city. His goal was to have “full, active participation of the congregation to the extent permitted by the Holy Father.” Halvey_P544_001 Halvey_P797_001   Altering the Altar The four-day program which ran from August

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Friendly and Adopted Sons

...Friendly Sons, despite being a social group, took a definite stance on the American Revolution. It expelled on of its members in 1776 for siding with the British.[5] Many members of the group were active within the Revolution, such as Commodore John Barry and General Anthony Wayne. Furthermore, the members

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Newman Centers

...xander Gray, OSF, “Development of the Newman Club Movement, Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, vol LXXIV, no 2, June 1963, 116. [11] Newman Club Manual: A Handbook for Newman Club Chaplains and Leaders, (Newman Club Federation: Washington, 1951) P015.296 [12] Catholic Campus Ministry, West Chester State

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Cardinal Dougherty and His Golden Jubilee

...following the death of Archbishop Prendergast. He would be made the fourth American-born Cardinal three years later on February 13, 1921.[7] One of Dougherty’s main goals as Archbishop was to expand Catholic education at every level. From the time he took over to his Jubilee in 1940, Dougherty built 7

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