Pilgrimage of Hope
...ltar of Saint Joseph. Despite Mass being in Italian, I was able to follow along as the flow is the same. Saint Peter’s Basilica is the largest Church in the world, and is built over the tomb of Saint Peter. The current Basilica was built in the 1600s to replace
Robert M. O’Reilly, Surgeon General
...Army serving from September 7, 1902 to January 14, 1909. O'Reilly served a long military medical career beginning as a medical cadet in August 1862 during the Civil War. Notable accomplishments include a position as the physician at the White House during both of President Grover Cleveland's administrations, Chief Surgeon
Neumann Canonization
...y Hours Devotion, and founded the Third Order of Saint Francis. It was not long after his death that calls were being made to open his cause for canonization. In May of 1886, the Diocese of Philadelphia and his order, the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists), held the
American Czestochowa
...f the Shrine quickly spread, the barn was becoming too small for the large number of pilgrims. The vision of a larger Shrine was realized when a solemn procession was led to nearby Beacon Hill on September 17, 1963. A year later, Cardinal Krol preside over a groundbreaking ceremony on