Centenarian Priest Speaks of Bells and Prayer – Oral History Interview

...? And I said I would like to do that.” Msgr. Monahan was quoted in an April 14, 2015 article in The Philadelphia Inquirer as saying "I'm totally inactive, except for my prayers." He mentioned in a 2007 taped interview that learning to improve prayer life is a key challenge

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CORDUM

...people in each church’s area. After the publication of the final report in 1975 until 1981, CORDUM would continue to study, inform, and implement the recommendations. With the formation of the Cardinal’s Commission on Human Relations and Urban Ministry in 1981, CORDUM was disbanded. The collection at the Catholic Historical

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Historic Resting Place for Famous and Faithful

...Catholics were buried in a tiny plot adjoining Old St. Joseph Church (est. 1733) as well as in the Catholic section of the public burial ground at Washington Square. In the latter part of the 18th century, the German congregation of Holy Trinity acquired a strip of land from St.

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