The Right Reverend Monsignor Louis Meyer papers, 1910-2007 (MC 91)
...ouis Joseph Meyer (1897-1985). This collection dates from 1910 to 2007 and consists of Meyer’s theater work, short stories and writings, speeches and sermons, academic materials relating to St. Charles Seminary and the University of Pennsylvania, travel documents and ephemera, correspondence, notes, journals, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, and subject files containing
Benedict Club: A Home Away From Home
...b,” Catholic Standard and Times, 07/12/1919 [3] Benedict Hall Yearbook 1938, , MC78_80.843 [4] Letter to Cardinal Dougherty from Walter Hoving, President of the USO, 04/23/1941, MC78_80.8310 [5] Letter to David William from Cardinal Dougherty, 06/11/1941, MC78_80.8310 [6] Letter to David William from Msgr. McCormick, 08/08/1941, MC78_80.8310 [7] “A Report
The Bishop’s Bank
...Bishop's Bank Ledger, 1864 Mark Frenaye managed the bank until September 23, 1857, when Bishop Wood, who had been a bank clerk before entering the priesthood, took over management. When a similar bank in Cincinnati failed, Archbishop Wood decided to liquidate the Bishop's Bank. However, confidence in the bank was
Cardinal John P. Foley
...esident of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, died on Sunday, December 11, 2011 at Villa Saint Joseph in Darby, Pennsylvania. Cardinal Foley was 76 years old. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Foley was a graduate of St. Joseph’s Preparatory School and St. Joseph’s College (now University). He was ordained