Saint John Neumann and the Forty Hours Devotion
...duced the devotion three hundred years earlier. Earlier fears of the three-day devotion were extinguished after no public disturbances occurred. The Catholic Herald listed other churches in the Diocese where Forty Hours would be held. Not long after, other dioceses adopted it and in 1866, the Plenary Council of Baltimore
Pope visit
...pent the night down the street at the Cardinal’s residence. While the next day had no event to rival the Mass on the Parkway, it was still a busy day for the pope. First was an early morning visit to pray before the body of St. John Neumann at St.
Cardinal Dougherty and His Golden Jubilee
...Letter from Hugh Lamb to the priests of the Archdiocese, 05/15/1940, Scrapbook, 1990.284; https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8243. [10] Letter from Hugh Lamb to the priests of the Archdiocese, 01/02/1940, Scrapbook, 1990.284, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8248. [11] Service Regulations for Pontifical Field Mass Philadelphia Transportation Company, Bob 13 f 1, 1990.284, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8249. [12] Philadelphia...
Influenza Pandemic and the Sisters
...ters were put into direct contact with the flu when caring for the sick, a number of them would also become infected with the disease. It was recorded that 23 sisters died from the flu. One such case reported in the Catholic Standard and Times stated that Mother Marie Aloysius