Medical Mission Sisters
...donesia, the Gold Coast, and New Mexico.[8] Indeed, by 1950 there were over 300 sisters serving in 16 different locations around the world.[9] In the year 1944 at Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan for instance, the sisters treated over 35,000 patients and assisted in 641 births.[10] Furthermore, while in
Saint John Neumann and the Forty Hours Devotion
...und Europe. Engraving of Saint Philip Neri Church, Southwark A little after 300 years since its inception, the idea of the Forty Hours Devotion was presented by Saint John Neumann, C.Ss.R., fourth Bishop of Philadelphia. The devotion was a favorite of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, founder of the Redemptorist Order, saying
41st International Eucharistic Congress
...by secular leaders such as President Ford, who spoke of the importance of freedom and the Church’s work for peace at the closing Mass before 96,000 people at JFK Stadium.[9] Eucharistic Congress Choir and Orchestra rehearse. Halvey A355.061 The Congress has some lasting effects on Catholics. One of the main
Victory Mass
...esident throughout the war. Through this project, the children took part in 300,000 Masses and prayed the rosary 460,000 times.[12] The Victory Mass of 1942 was important because it offered the Catholic Church’s support for the war effort. Furthermore, it connected Catholicism and patriotism in a new way