Cornelia Connelly, S.H.C.J.

...ather than join an established order, it was Connelly's mission to start a new order which she called the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. As Superior, she and the nuns that joined her opened a boarding school for girls with a full curriculum including English, foreign languages, social studies,

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Our Lady of Czestochowa Dedication

...opular pilgrimage site for Polish Americans and soon plans were made for a new larger shrine. Atop of Beacon Hill in Doylestown, ground would be broken on August, 23, 1964. The shrine would be completed in time for the Polish Millennium in 1966, which celebrated the thousands years since the

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Marian Year of 1954

...cil (the Second Vatican Council), which has been for our century a kind of new Pentecost." Archives Archives Select Month July 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 January 2024 November 2023 October 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 September 2022 August 2022

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Irish Land War

...ncerning Irish nationalism and independence, spanned the time period from around the mid 19th to the mid 20th century. Religion and politics were both prominent topics in this time of conflict, but most of the pamphlets I’ve cataloged so far relate to the Land War in Ireland over the centuries

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