Herman Joseph Heuser Papers

...prolific writer who influenced scholarly circles and clerical life in the United States and abroad through his literary work. For thirteen years he aided in the editing of the American Catholic Quarterly Review run by his mentor Monsignor James Andrew Corcoran. Heuser served as the editor of the American Ecclesiastical

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...Contact us Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (CHRC) 6719 Calvert Street Philadelphia, PA 19149 Phone: (215) 904-8149 Email: archives@chrc-phila.org...

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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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Education

...for public schools, and tuition for parochial schools. Knudsen, “Vanishing Americans?” June 17, 1971 Knudsen comments that the high costs of a Catholic education has led to an entire generation of Catholic children being unable to attend parochial schools. McGovern, “The Unhooked Generation?” August 21, 1969 Referencing a contemporary anti-smoking

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