Archbishop Ryan
...abriel’s Hall) in 1888 and 1895, respectively.[10] Ryan was also active in labor relations, working on a number of occasions as a mediator before management and labor unions to bring about peace resolutions. The most notable was the city’s trolley car strike in 1885-1886. Ryan, serving as chairman of the
Philadelphia’s First Bishop
...ork, but since he was not needed there, traveled to Saint Mary’s Church in Lancaster to work with Father Louis de Barth. (Father de Barth, a life-long friend of Bishop Egan, would eventually succeed Egan as administrator of the Philadelphia Diocese until its second bishop, Henry Conwell, was appointed in
American Federation of Catholic Societies
...anization.[13] With the outbreak of WWI there was a change in the national landscape, with the creation of the National Catholic War Council. The NCWC took the lead on coordinating Catholic action and after the war, the newly formed National Catholic Welfare Conference continued to take the lead. In 1923,
Packard, Butler and Partridge Lithograph Collection
...tes of the pastor or the exterior of the church. St. Anthony's Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Generally, the exterior views are of the church from an angle so that the front and one of the sides are showing. The only other buildings in the view are one or more of the