St. Peter Claver
...e in the archdiocese, which was dedicated to Our Lady of Victory.[8] Originally installed as a side altar in April of that year, the devotion to Our Lady of Victory eventually grew so that the parish joined the Archconfraternity of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, a society started in France
Philadelphia’s Third Archbishop
...udied, was ordained, and served in the in the Philadelphia Archdiocese for almost a half-century by the time Pope Pius X appointed him Archbishop Patrick J. Ryan’s replacement in May 1911. He was installed as Archbishop July 26, 1911. Prendergast was the first graduate of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary to
Cardinal Dougherty and His Golden Jubilee
...eka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8245; Plan for Parade Celebration of Sacerdotal Golden Jubilee of Cardinal Dougherty, Parade Folder, 1990.284 [13] Philadelphia Inquirer, 06/01/1940; Cardinal Dougherty Address, 06/02/1940, MC78_82.237, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8246. [14] Headquarters Jubilee Parade Committee, Parade Order, 05/22/1940, Bob 13 f 2, 1990.284, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8244. [15] “1620,000 Join in Tribute at...
The Church and Labor
...with socialists and communists.[7] This posed a major problem since the papal encyclicals taught “no one can be at the same time a good Catholic and a true Socialist.”[8] Indeed, many priests and bishops called for the creation of unions with a religious foundation in order to better “restore all