Saint John Neumann and the Forty Hours Devotion
...of every month. Subsequent popes expanded the practice to all churches in Rome and Saint Ignatius Loyola and the Society of Jesus spread the practice around Europe. Engraving of Saint Philip Neri Church, Southwark A little after 300 years since its inception, the idea of the Forty Hours Devotion was
Cardinal Dougherty and His Golden Jubilee
...eligious orders.[8] Due to these efforts and the establishing of over 100 new parishes, Catholicism flourished in the Archdiocese and the number of Catholics continued to increase. Halvey_483 Dougherty’s Golden Jubilee of his ordination to the priesthood was seen as a way to honor his work in expanding the Church
The Church and Labor
...or Of New Things), published in May of 1891. Pope Leo was reacting to the new economic systems and ideas that had spread around the world, namely capitalism and socialism. He recognized that unrestricted capitalism placed on the "laboring poor a yoke little better than that of slavery," while also
American Czestochowa
...ichael Zembrzuski, OSPPE at the dedication of the Shrine, 10/16/1966 As news of 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