Eucharistic Congress
...en. Over the week, the Congress also featured art and exhibits, such as performances of Godspell, A Man for All Seasons, and Foolsgold, a mime performance at Old St. Joseph’s Church. Halvey_A443_011 Halvey_A429_091 Halvey_A443_002 Halvey_A443_004 Processions and Masses The Eucharistic Congress was a major event in the city and
Irish Land War
...nd War in Ireland over the centuries old landlordism system. By 1879, about 800 families owned half of the country’s land and acted as landlords, renting small plots of land out to the majority of the population (an estimated five million people). The Franco-Prussian war of 1870 and the American
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Irish Catholics and Secret Societies
....library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:254880 [12] Letter to Bishop James Bayley form Bishop James Wood, 02/01/1865, MC 75_51.1016. [13] Newspaper Clipping, “The Holy See and the Fenians,” 07/13/1865, MC75_52.556 [14] News Clipping, “Father Lavelle’s appeal,”51.204f [15] Letter to Father Moriarty from Bishop Wood, 5/14/1964, MC751.204d, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8441. [16] Letter to Bishop Wood form Father Moriarty,