Friendly and Adopted Sons
...s society.”[10] Indeed, for many years the Hibernian Society used the 1771 date for the reckoning of their annual dinners and in 1898 changed their name to the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick for the Relief of Emigrants from Ireland.[11] With that the society has continued to
Parish Mapping Project
...part of the archdiocese but are now part of another diocese. From the 1971 date it was decided to go back fifty years from that to 1921 and then another fifty years to 1871. (Update: Due to the lack of historic data on boundaries, the decision was made to map
Beloved Cardinal Archbishop: John Francis O’Hara
...d be a “symbol of the only thing of value remaining in this world of rapid change: Faith.”[10] Under O’Hara’s leadership the faith of the archdiocese was indeed deepened, with a great focus on education. In total, 61 new parish schools, 14 high schools, 4 specialty schools, and two colleges
Eucharistic Congress
...e and discuss a theme connected to the Eucharist. The history of the event dates back 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