Gift of Finest Wheat: The Story of the 41st International Eucharistic Congress

...eme of the 41st IEC was “The Eucharist and the Hungers of the Human Family” with the goal of examining both physical and spiritual hunger. The history of the Eucharistic Congress dates to 1881, when a one-day congress was held in Lille, France and attended by more than 800 people.

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Cornelia Connelly, S.H.C.J.

...J, mostly written by members of her religious order. For more information, contact us and we will be glad to assist you.   [1] Mary Andrew Armour, Cornelia: The Story of Cornelia Connelly, 1809-1879, Foundress of the Society of the Holy Child of Jesus (United States of America: Doubleday &

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Archbishop John Carroll

...d, Carroll would come to rely on Father Ferdinand Farmer, S.J. as his main contact in Philadelphia. Farmer, who at the time administered to Catholics in the city as well as most of eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, would be made Carroll’s vicar-general when Carroll was made bishop. [6] Vatican

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Photographs

...ierarchy such as Pope John Paul II's visit to Philadelphia in 1979. Other photos that stand out are Halvey's sports images. Currently the photographs cannot be searched online. If there is something that you would like to have researched, please contact us at archives@chrc-phila.org, or call 215 904-8149. Pope John

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