Eucharistic Congress

...to 1881, when a one day congress was held in Lille, France and attended by 800 people. The event in Philadelphia would last for a week and be attended by over 1,500,000 people including 44 Cardinals and 417 Bishops from around the world. Halvey_A429_001 Halvey_A429_052 Halvey_A429_054 Halvey_A429_056   Hungers and

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41st International Eucharistic Congress

...to 1881, when a one day congress was held in Lille, France and attended by 800 people. The event in Philadelphia would last for a week and be attended by over 1,500,000 people including 44 Cardinals and 417 bishops from around the world. [1] Production of Foolsgold. Halvey A443.011 Planning

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St. Peter Claver

...roughout the rest of the 1880s.[4] When Katharine Drexel was in Pittsburgh studying under the Sisters of Mercy to form her own order, she meet the Congregation of the Holy Spirit. Also known as the Holy Ghost Fathers, this order of priests had numerous missions in Africa and through the

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Pope visit

...tendance was a 2,000 elementary student choir, as well as, 750 high school students. Halvey_345A_009 Halvey_345A_002   Saturday in the Parkway After a short welcome ceremony at the Cathedral, the pope walked the short distance to Logan Circle to celebrate Mass. His Mass on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway was the

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