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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A Philadelphia Artist

...a collection of papers that documents these three interrelated Catholic families as well as other related families such as the Kennedys and Jenkins. Most of items are family correspondence, though some business and estate materials are also included. One member of the Martin family who is fairly well-represented in the

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Cornelia Connelly, S.H.C.J.

...erred there. In 1992. She was declared “Venerable” by Pope Saint John Paul II. At the Catholic Historical Research Center, we have a few pamphlets and books about Venerable Cornelia Connelly, SCHJ, mostly written by members of her religious order. For more information, contact us and we will be glad

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The Church and Labor

Pope Leo XIII CHRC has a large collection of pamphlets and writings that deal with Catholics and its teaching on the economy. The Catholic Church has a long connection to labor and the plight of the worker, beginning with Pope Leo XIII's famous Encyclical, Rerum Novarum (Latin for Of New

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