Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute
...holic school system. Over the next twenty years the Institute continued to move locations as it needed more space. In the 1870s, it bought its first building on Locust Street, had 500 members, and acquired over 1,500 books.[6] Women's Auxiliary luncheon at the Penn Mutual Building with John Cardinal Krol,
CORDUM
...the inner-city areas. The work of CORDUM was guided by various documents, most of which came from the Second Vatican Council, such as Gaudium et Spes (The Church in the Modern World), Apostolicam Actuositatem (Apostolate of the Laity), and Ad Gentes (Mission Activity). In the period of four years, studies
The Vatican – Marian Year Stamp Philatelic Exhibition
...s collection is the framed full-sheet of "In God We Trust" stamps. This common motto, having been minted on coins since 1864, had only appeared once on a stamp commemorating the Valley Forge encampment in 1928. Cardinal Spellman wrote to president Dwight Eisenhower for the phrase to be included on
Colleges
...cese of Philadelphia. Some were created in response to the increase in the city's population following both the Industrial Revolution and European immigration. Later, as women were given the right to vote in 1920, institutions that had educated young women expanded to include further instruction. Examining the founding of the