Cornelia Connelly, S.H.C.J.
...y.” [1] Despite protests from Isabella, Cornelia married Pierce on December 1, 1831. Following the marriage, Reverend Connelly was offered to lead a congregation at Holy Trinity in Natchez, Mississippi. At the time, Catholicism was going through a revival in the Mississippi Valley: old orders such as the Society of
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...te to the Land War in Ireland over the centuries old landlordism system. By 1879, about 800 families owned half of the country’s land and acted as landlords, renting small plots of land out to the majority of the population (an estimated five million people). The Franco-Prussian war of 1870
41st International Eucharistic Congress
...Committee on Special Guests: Final Report to the Board of Governors, August 16, 1967, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8121. [2] MC 80, 100.2792: Letter to James Cardinal Knox from John Cardinal Krol, March 7, 1975, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8125. [3] MC 80, 100.2580: 41st International Eucharistic Congress Official Program, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8124. [4] MC 80, 100.2580: 41st International Eucharistic
Eucharistic Congress
41st International Eucharistic Congress 1976 In 1976, Philadelphia hosted a major event on August 1st through 8th, unrelated to the bicentennial celebrations. The archdiocese organized the 41st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC), which brought Catholics together from around the world to celebrate and discuss a theme connected to the Eucharist. The