Centennial Exposition

...nial Building on Sunday Afternoons,” The Catholic Standard, SB1, 235. [5] “Great Exhibition,” SB1, 234 [6] The Exhibition,” The Catholic Standard, 1. [7] Stephanie Grauman Wolf, “Centennial exhibition,” The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia, 2013, https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/centennial/#4829 [8] Joseph Gambardello, “What happened to the buildings from the 1876 Centennial in Fairmount Park?”,

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Beloved Cardinal Archbishop: John Francis O’Hara

...nd abbots attending the event.[8] At his installation, O’Hara spoke of the great work and reputation that the Archdiocese had acquired under past bishops and archbishops. He finished his homily by declaring “I have no program to announce, no theme to preach but the love of God,” and that “working

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Saint John Neumann and the Forty Hours Devotion

...t John Neumann, C.Ss.R., fourth Bishop of Philadelphia. The devotion was a favorite of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, founder of the Redemptorist Order, saying “Of all devotions, that of adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the greatest after the sacraments, the one dearest to God and the one most helpful

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Lawrence E. McCrossin papers, 1917-1919 (MC 4)

...Europe. Most of the correspondence issued through the Knights of Columbus deals with supply and personnel data. Also included are referrals from noted officials Richard V. Farley of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry and Major Thomas F. Meehan of the United States Army; booklets on the subject of

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