Cardinal John P. Foley

...vents in the history of the Philadelphia Church, including the Forty-First International Eucharistic Congress, held in 1976, the canonization of St. John Neumann in 1977 and the visit to Philadelphia of Pope John Paul II in 1978. From 1966 until 1974 Foley was also co-producer and co-host of Philadelphia Catholic

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Our Lady of Czestochowa Dedication

...e Pope John Paul II all visiting Our Lady of Czestochowa. Halvey_T750_055 Halvey_135D_019 Halvey_135D_007   ← Liturgical Week 41st International Eucharistic Congress →...

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James Buchanan materials at the Archdiocesan Archives?

...culations and many leading men of both parties are engaged in it. Even the Washington Union appears to lean that way. This is to sink the names of Democrat and Whig and to form a new Union party. Page 2 Buchanan shares his views on the separation of church and

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Historic Resting Place for Famous and Faithful

...t. 1733) as well as in the Catholic section of the public burial ground at Washington Square. In the latter part of the 18th century, the German congregation of Holy Trinity acquired a strip of land from St. Mary’s to be used specifically for burials of their members. The two

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