Cornelia Connelly, S.H.C.J.

...with Bishop Rosati of Saint Louis, the decision was made for the family to travel to Rome. They left Natchez in November 1835 to begin their trip with their two children: Mercer and Adeline. After forty-seven days at sea and a stop in southern France, the Connellys final reached Rome

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The Right Reverend Monsignor Louis Meyer papers, 1910-2007 (MC 91)

...rials relating to St. Charles Seminary and the University of Pennsylvania, travel documents and ephemera, correspondence, notes, journals, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, and subject files containing clippings and other printed materials. 7.5 linear feet; 18 boxes Researchers may find it helpful to use the more recent finding aid (HTML) in conjunction

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Benedict Club: A Home Away From Home

...rst year about 200 men visited the club each day and by 1943 that was up to 800.[11] The women volunteers, called the Morale Corps, would organize various themes for the dances as well as staff the offices and service desks and serve food and refreshments. The military men described

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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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