Gift of Finest Wheat: The Story of the 41st International Eucharistic Congress
...hunger. The history of the Eucharistic Congress dates to 1881, when a one-day congress was held in Lille, France and attended by more than 800 people. The 1979 event in Philadelphia would last for a week and be attended by over 1.5 million people, including 44 Cardinals and 417 bishops
The Battle of Antietam: a Philadelphia soldier’s experience
...t out as quick as we could the rebels were behind us we had to get out the best way we could our company lost from eight to ten killed and wounded and prisoners...we expected another battle to day but they have skedadled... September 19, 1862, page 1 September 19,
Roman Catholic and Archdiocese High Schools
...igh School, 6. [2] IC119, Roman Catholic High School for Boys 2nd Founders Day (May 26, 2000), 5. [3] IC119, Roman Catholic High School 25th Anniversary (Philadelphia: Rex Printing, 1915), 73. [4] Dedication of the Roman Catholic High School, Able Addresses,” Catholic Standard, September 13, 1890. [5] IC119, The Golden
The Church and Labor
...agement and labor unions to bring about peace resolutions. In a 1953 Labor Day speech, John Cardinal O’Hara rejoiced in the work that had been done to restore the dignity of labor. However, he cautioned against viewing the economy as a class struggle and against the creation of a “leviathan