Archbishop Ryan

...make better men and better citizens.”[8] Furthermore, Ryan even made it a rule for new parishes that a school had to be built before construction on the church could begin.[9] This was because Ryan believed without a strong base of Catholic education, the parish’s future would not be sustainable. Archbishop

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Starting from Scratch: The Story of Msgr. Hawks and St. Joan of Arc Parish

...ng the saint in a production on Broadway. Hawks and others even went up to New York to try to meet her after one of her performances. While she was very excited about the idea , she ultimately decided not to sit as the model because “wouldn’t it be a

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Pilgrimage of Hope

...n. These relics include thorns from the Crown of Thorns, fragments of the True Cross, and nails from the Crucifixion. Here is also the Titulis Crucis, the sign that was hung on Jesus' cross, reading "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews" in three languages. There is debate over whether

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Victory Mass

...Archdiocese of Philadelphia. [7] Leslie White, Modern Capitalist Culture, (New York: Routledge, 2016), 257. [8] “Solemn Pontifical Mass,” 196. [9] Ibid., 196-197. [10] Ibid., 198. [11] Ibid., 199. [12] Richard Harkness, Spiritual Bouquet Given to President,” Philadelphia Inquirer, November 20, 1942. SB-36 June 1942-Dec. 1942; Catholic Historical Research Center of

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