Eucharistic Congress

...ds during various parts of the week. St. Teresa of Calcutta and Dorothy Day were panelists on a conference on Women and the Eucharist. Other attendees included President Gerald Ford and Karol Cardinal Wojtyła, the future Pope John Paul II. The IEC was considered a huge success and marked an

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41st International Eucharistic Congress

...s, [and] our homes.”[7] Other attendees included the future Pope John Paul II who gave the homily at the Mass for Freedom and Justice in Veterans Stadium.[8] The Congress was even attended by secular leaders such as President Ford, who spoke of the importance of freedom and the Church’s work

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Philadelphia’s First Catholic Cathedral

...ase the size of the church so that 36 new pews could be added. The trustee minutes declared that “our funds are unequal to such an undertaking” so a subscription was started to raise funds for the enlargement, which brought in $17,000. However, the cost of the work came to

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