Mary Brackett Willcox and Catholicism in the Suburbs
...m 1844 refers to the danger of being Catholic during the Nativist riots in Philadelphia.[13] St. Thomas the Apostle Church When she passed away at the age of 69 in 1866, she was described in her obituary as having “embraced her adopted religion with all the steadfastness, ardor, and enthusiasm
Monsignor Francis X. Meehan
...ationed at Saint John Neumann in Bryn Mawr. Joseph was ordained in 1961 in Philadelphia, serving the parishes of Saint Agnes in West Chester, Saint Thomas Aquinas in Croydon, Most Blessed Sacrament and Saint Anthony of Padua in Philadelphia, and Saint Eugene in Primos. Like his brothers, Joseph also entered
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.