Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
...s the contemporary building of the Episcopal Cathedral in the Gothic style just across town.[5] Early draft of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception; CHRC While mainly a story of the Church in Washington D.C., Philadelphia would have a number of important connections to the building
Irish Land War
...testaments, and booklets on a variety of topics. I recently came across a number of documents related to the “Irish Question.” The Irish Question, concerning Irish nationalism and independence, spanned the time period from around the mid 19th to the mid 20th century. Religion and politics were both prominent topics
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. Halvey_A429_001 Halvey_A429_052 Halvey_A429_054 Halvey_A429_056 Hungers and
Victory Mass
...rames the war not simply as defending against an aggressor but rather as a just war preventing the destruction of humanity. SB-36; CHRC After Dougherty gave his speech, he was followed by Most Reverend Hugh Lamb, Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, who echoed Dougherty’s sentiment by stating that “we have gathered