Roman Catholic and Archdiocese High Schools

...l in the nation, stating that public schools did “not go far enough in the grand mission of education or calling out the powers of the soul.”[4] Classes started on two days later with 105 freshman students; however, only a quarter of them would graduate as many dropped out because

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Cornelia Connelly, S.H.C.J.

...their third child John Henry, the couple returned to the United States. In Grand Coteau, 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

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Irish Catholics and Secret Societies

"The Grand Procession in Honor of the Fenian Exiles," https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/7066 The Catholic Church has a long history of opposing secret societies, partly because of the oaths of loyalty involved in such groups. Nevertheless, during the 1800s there were two major organizations that attracted numbers of Irish Catholics: the Fenian Brotherhood

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Cardinal John P. Foley

...ristmas Mass and other major papal liturgies, Cardinal John Patrick Foley, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and former President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, died on Sunday, December 11, 2011 at Villa Saint Joseph in Darby, Pennsylvania. Cardinal Foley was

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