Philadelphia’s First Bishop
...ar diocese encompassed the entire United States. Between 1790 and 1820, one-quarter-million immigrants arrived in the United States. By 1810, the city and county of Philadelphia had over 100,000 inhabitants. As the number of Catholics in the United States grew, Bishop John Carroll of Baltimore suggested that his immense diocese
William J. Lallou papers, circa 1890-1973 (MC 55)
...sermons as well as scrapbooks and picture books, many of which document both Lallou’s travels abroad as well as Our Lady of Lourdes Church. Personal diaries, family photographs, research notes and books on various topics, such as Central High School, Lallou’s alma mater, are also included. 4.4 linear ft., 11
Elizabeth Sarah Kite and the Seminaries of France
...respondence in the collection). The Cardinal of Reims at the time was Louis-Henri-Joseph Luçon, whose church in Reims became a symbol of the victims of German aggression during the war. The German army began dropping bombs on Reims in September 1914 and did not cease until June 1918. Cardinal Luçon
Cardinal Dougherty and His Golden Jubilee
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