Building of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
...the Diocese. Eight years later on June 29, 1846, Bishop Kenrick announced plans to start building a new cathedral on the parkway.[3] This was a bold plan from Kenrick, since only two years earlier St. Augustine was destroyed during the anti-Catholic Nativist Riots. Furthermore, Kenrick did not want to take
Centennial Exposition
...t Park?”, The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 7, 2019, https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/centennial-exposition-1876-buildings-fairmount-park-20190507.html [9] The Exhibition,” The Catholic Standard, 1. [10] “Opening of the American Exhibition,” Tablet, (London: May 13, 1876), 611; “The Centennial Opening,” The Louisville Catholic Advocate, (Louisville, Kentucky: May 18, 1876), 4. [11] Tablet; Advocate. [12] Louis M. Steingraber, The Church's
The Day the Bronx Bomber Played in Kensington
...seball fan, Father Casey was the unofficial chaplain of the Athletics and knew many of the ballplayers personally. He hit upon an idea that seems ridiculous today. Perhaps Father Casey could persuade Babe Ruth to take part in a charity baseball game to raise money to pay off the field.
In Her Own Right: Jane and Marianne Campbell
...into their activism. For example, writing in 1920 from Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Jane stated that “The women in Rhode Island have Presidential Suffrage. I saw the Providence Journal of yesterday...but there was nothing from Tennessee where the battle of the 36th state is being fought, maybe it is already decided