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
Patrick Coad family papers, 1798-1880 (MC 37)
...ument that helped cure various diseases, Coad’s invention attracted a good deal of attention within the scientific and medical communities. A teacher whose interests focused on medicine and the sciences, Coad also traveled throughout Pennsylvania and the surrounding area as a lecturer on the natural sciences. The collection includes Coad’s
Historic Resting Place for Famous and Faithful
...ar hero General George Meade. Katrina, Philadelphia servant. Katrina? What does a servant girl have in common with these decorated war heroes and well-known patriots? They share a final resting place in Old St. Mary’s Cemetery where the famous and the ordinary lie side by side. Old St. Mary's Churchyard,
An “Un-American Invention”?: Catholics and the Issue of Prohibition
...nce Union https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/7025 However, this does not mean that Catholics were always in favor of alcohol. As discussed in a previous post, the Catholic Total Abstinence Union (CTAU) was a large Irish Catholic organization focused on encouraging the public to abstain from all alcohol. Despite their opposition