A Philadelphia Artist
...n, mainly 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.
Victory Mass
...e rosary 460,000 times.[12] The Victory Mass of 1942 was important because it offered the Catholic Church’s support for the war effort. Furthermore, it connected Catholicism and patriotism in a new way as it framed the war as one needed to defend Western civilization against the aggression and
The Story of Duffy’s Cut
...gan to work. Cholera, a disease which has been running rampart through the Western world, had reached the camp. Fearful of contracting the disease, along with the added prejudice against Irish Catholics, Duffy did not allow the laborers to leave the camp. A few weeks after arriving in America hoping
Starting from Scratch: The Story of Msgr. Hawks and St. Joan of Arc Parish
...uld prove an issue. Hawks quickly set up a temporary chapel located in a house with an old store front that could fit sixty people. The first Mass was said on November 23. “the crowd filled the backyard, the passages, the stairs, and even the living rooms above. So large