Centennial Exposition

...nt-park-20190507.html [9] The Exhibition,” The Catholic Standard, 1. [10] “Opening of the American Exhibition,” Tablet, (London: May 13, 1876), 611; “The Centennial Opening,” The Louisville Catholic Advocate, (Louisville, Kentucky: May 18, 1876), 4. [11] Tablet; Advocate. [12] Louis M. Steingraber, The Church's participation in Philadelphia's celebrations of independence : Centennial

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Marian Year

...54 Archbishop John F. O'Hara presides over a Mass at St. Peter's Church to open Marian Year. Seen is the grave of John Neumann before it was moved to its current location beneath the altar. December 8, 1953 Celebration of Mary At the end of 1953, Pope Pius XII proclaimed

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Reverend William McGarvey papers, circa 1900 (MC 5)

...Garvey later left for the Roman Catholic Church after the adoption of the “open pulpit” resolution at the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in 1907. This resolution allowed clergy from other churches and denominations to speak freely in Episcopal churches and was a major change to the Episcopal canon

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