Cardinal Dougherty and His Golden Jubilee
...t the “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 Centennial Fountain
...AU). The resolution passed with the stated goal of the fountain being a “testimony to the patriotic feeling of the Catholic Total Abstainers all over the United States.”[1] CHRC Catholic Standard, March 25, 1876, SB1, page 224 With the approval and backing of the national society, the Philadelphia chapter began
Patrick Coad, patentee of the galvanic battery, and interesting miscellaneous items
...s some of Coad’s correspondence, his lecture notes and medical remedies, testimonials noting the capabilities of his galvanic battery, as well as related ephemera. Ephemeral materials include newspaper clippings, pamphlets and broadsides publicizing his invention, lectures, as well as the school that Coad opened for boys and girls. Also included
Newman Centers
.... A house was purchased and named St. Bede Chapel. In 1917, it cared for almo*]}*st 1,000 Catholic Students by offering two daily Masses, weekly Benediction, and religious retreats as well lectures on religion, ethics, and civics.[4] By 1926, there were 1,600 Catholics attending University of Pennsylvania, which was greater