Last Days of the Union

...11 marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War. The state of South Carolina seceded from the Union on December 20, 1860. In apparent response to this news, Reverend Joseph Cullen from St. Bridget's Parish recorded a brief yet profound statement in the church marriage register. Dated

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Beloved Cardinal Archbishop: John Francis O’Hara

...John Francis after his patron St. Francis de Sales.[1] His family moved to South America when he was a child, living in both Peru and Uruguay. Returning to the United States in 1908, John attended the University of Notre Dame and soon after graduating entered Holy Cross Seminary in 1912.[2]

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Cardinal Dougherty Jubilee

...1940. Over 160,000 people packed Municipal Stadium (later JFK Stadium) in South Philadelphia to celebrate it. Dennis Joseph Dougherty   Planning the Jubilee Dougherty’s Golden Jubilee of his ordination to the priesthood was seen as a way to honor his work in expanding the Catholic Church, as well as celebrating

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Starting from Scratch: The Story of Msgr. Hawks and St. Joan of Arc Parish

...uckius Street to Sepviva then to Ontario and then to J Street. In fact the southern boarder was only two blocks from the where the church was to be built. Adding to the difficulty was that much of the area was mills and other industry and most of the families

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