Roman Catholic and Archdiocese High Schools
...erscholastic game occurred in March of 1893, with Roman beating St. Joseph College (then the name for both the high school and university) in baseball 14-10.[7] Other sports would be added and the football games against St. Joe’s and La Salle would lay the ground work for the eventual Catholic
Patrick Reilly papers, 1828-1878 (MC 42)
...ilmington, Delaware, Patrick Reilly (1807-1885) founded and ran St. Mary’s College in 1841. The school was considered the most prominent Catholic men’s boarding school in the mid-Atlantic region. Attendance at the school dropped significantly during the Civil War due to the fact that more than one third of the student
Beloved Cardinal Archbishop: John Francis O’Hara
...otal, 61 new parish schools, 14 high schools, 4 specialty schools, and two colleges would open under his 9 years as Archbishop.[11] O’Hara would receive the red hat on December 15, 1958, becoming the first member of the Congregation of Holy Cross to be raised to the College of Cardinals
Cornelia Connelly, S.H.C.J.
...Louisiana, the Connellys found work: Pierce became a teacher at the Jesuit College of Saint Charles and Cornelia gave music lessons at the Convent of the Sacred Heart. During this time, Cornelia went on many retreats, performing the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius and creating a Rule of life to