Drexel Beatification
...In the past, the process of canonization was a long and expensive one with little guarantee of success. However, in 1983, Pope John Paul II streamlined the entire process, eliminating the Promotor of the Faith (Devil’s Advocate) and reducing the number of miracles required for canonization from three to two.
The Church and Labor
...ed to the supreme end. Monsignor George G. Higgins presented 1995 Rerum Novarum Award by Local 1776 United Food & Commercial Workers. Halvey 454K Many Catholic across Europe and America saw the importance of Rerum Novarum, with some comparing its effect on labor to the effect of the Manga Carta
The Other Drexel: Louise Drexel Morrell
...ssing from God and would spend her days answering correspondence from the large number of charities she helped support and overseeing the affairs of St. Joseph’s and St. Emma’s Industrial Schools. When not working she would toil in her greenhouse or walk the grounds of her estate. During the depression
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
...the time. Shahan’s desire for the building of the shrine stemmed from the large Marian devotion during the 20th century as well as from a desire in raising the prestige of the Catholic Church in America. Indeed, Shahan stated that “every nation has some great National Monument in honor of