St. Peter Claver
...ious churches in the city, such as Old St. Joe’s, Old St. Mary’s, and Holy Trinity.[2] It was Father Hiltermann of Holy Trinity that was one of the first to recognize the importance of giving the Black Catholics their own space, similar to the Germans he served. So, in 1886,
Cardinal Dougherty and His Golden Jubilee
...“Kingdom of God has flourished wherever he set foot.”[17] One of the most striking parts of the Jubilee celebration was the living chalice created by diocesan high school students wearing coordinated colored robes. The Jubilee Mass was a major success with 60,000 more people attending than originally planned. The event
The Church and Labor
...e Workingman” and that he had “hurled his thunderbolts of authoritative doctrine” against “the world of pagan industrialism.”[5] Another Catholic theologian at the University of Illinois, Father John O’Brien, compared Pope Leo’s work to the Bill of Rights because it set forth the idea that man is endowed with natural
The Centennial Fountain
...working in Germany, it did not reach Philadelphia until June. There were a number of reasons for the delays including payment debates between the CTAU and Kirn as well as problems with the marble that Kirn received.[11] Due to these delays, when the CTAU had the official dedication and celebration