Liturgical Week
...that promotes understanding of the liturgy, to hold its 24th Annual North American Liturgical Week in the city. His goal was to have “full, active participation of the congregation to the extent permitted by the Holy Father.” Halvey_P544_001 Halvey_P797_001 Altering the Altar The four-day program which ran from August
Cardinal Dougherty and His Golden Jubilee
...following the death of Archbishop Prendergast. He would be made the fourth American-born Cardinal three years later on February 13, 1921.[7] One of Dougherty’s main goals as Archbishop was to expand Catholic education at every level. From the time he took over to his Jubilee in 1940, Dougherty built 7
Digital Collections
...ibrary@Villanova has digitized books, papers, and periodicals owned by the American Catholic Historical Society, the majority of which relate to Irish American history. ACHS material can be found here and CHRC Historic Papers can be found here. The Catholic Historical Research Center's oral history program, which focuses on the life
Carmelite Monastery
...g, the Poplar Street location was proving to be inadequate. Like the early American pioneers, the nuns looked west and found a home across the Schuylkill River at 44th and Spruce Streets. The location had once been part of the Satterlee Hospital, a hospital used during the American Civil War