Eucharistic Congress
...e world. One of the largest events was the candlelight procession from the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which was attended by 350,000 people. Another feature of the Congress was Peoples of the World Day, where 22 different ethic Masses were held,
Patrick Coad, patentee of the galvanic battery, and interesting miscellaneous items
...lphia physician who served as president of the city’s Board of Health. Dr. Joseph R. Coad, circa 1860 Thus far, I have found that manuscript collections, particularly collections of family papers, often have some interesting miscellaneous items that seemingly have nothing to do with the family that is being documented.
Elizabeth Sarah Kite and the Seminaries of France
..., France) along with letters from Herman Joseph Heuser, editor of The American Ecclesiastical Review, referencing the letters from Geoffroy. Letter from Theophile Geoffroy, dated January 6, 1921 It seems that Kite had sent some of Geoffroy’s letters, along with a short article written by her, to The American Ecclesiastical
Anti-Catholicism in Jacksonian Philadelphia
...ress, 1975; O'Toole, James M. The Faithful: A History of Catholics in America. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008; Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Our faith-filled heritage : The church of Philadelphia bicentennial as a diocese 1808-2008. Strasbourg : Editions du Signe, 2007. PAHRC has a significant number of