41st International Eucharistic Congress

...to 1881, when a one day congress was held in Lille, France and attended by 800 people. The event in Philadelphia would last for a week and be attended by over 1,500,000 people including 44 Cardinals and 417 bishops from around the world. [1] Production of Foolsgold. Halvey A443.011 Planning

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A Philadelphia Artist

...y conducted business with New Orleans and the Caribbean as well as Western Europe and China. William spent much of his young life at sea. One item in the collection includes his passport from age 12-signed by Secretary of State Henry Clay- when he travelled through Europe. William A. K.

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Cornelia Connelly, S.H.C.J.

...new missionary orders, such as the Society of the Sacred Heart, came from Europe with a new missionary zeal. However, with revival comes protests. A large wave of anti-Catholicism overtook the area to “save the Valley from the Pope!” [2] Appalled by the vitriol of his Protestant brethren, Pierce left

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The Church and Labor

...al 1776 United Food & Commercial Workers. Halvey 454K Many Catholic across Europe and America saw the importance of Rerum Novarum, with some comparing its effect on labor to the effect of the Manga Carta on liberty.[4] Msgr. John Ryan, Director of the Social Action Department of the National Catholic

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