Cornelia Connelly, S.H.C.J.

...od and asked Cornelia, who was five months pregnant, to agree to celibacy. Years later, on a retreat with the religious order she founded, Cornelia said that “the Feast of Saint Edward marked the beginning of the Society of the Holy Child of Jesus and that it was founded on

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Marian Year of 1954

...delphia and Mother of Divine Providence in King of Prussia. In addition to new parishes, a new chapel, Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, was built at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul. Several pilgrimages took place during the year, most of which included a stop at the Shrine

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An “Un-American Invention”?: Catholics and the Issue of Prohibition

...issatisfied with the approach of the CTAU. For example, Father McErlain of New Jersey stated that without prohibition, the CTAU would “continue to be a failure in a large measure as they have been these forty years.”[10] While the 18th Amendment did not protect the use of altar wine, the

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