Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
...s the contemporary building of the Episcopal Cathedral in the Gothic style just across town.[5] Early draft of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception; CHRC While mainly a story of the Church in Washington D.C., Philadelphia would have a number of important connections to the building
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...more years of Catholic Standard & Times, spanning from 1916 to 1930, have just been added to the Catholic News Archives, a free online resource that provides access to twenty historic Catholic newspapers and news agencies from across the country from as early as the 1830s. All material is fully
Black Catholic periodicals
...the 19th century. In November 1889, a number of prominent men (the actual number is not known) gathered in Baltimore for the first black Catholic lay congress in the country’s history. The emergence of this community was largely due to the efforts of Daniel Rudd, the “leading Catholic representative of
41st International Eucharistic Congress
...arles Seminary.[5] In addition to the numerous pilgrims, there were also a number of recognizable attendees who addressed the crowds during various parts of the week. St. Teresa of Calcutta and Dorothy Day were panelists on a conference on Women and the Eucharist, although both were at first reluctant to