Eucharistic Congress
...to 1881, when a one day congress was held in Lille, France and attended by 800 people. The event in Philadelphia would last for a week and be attended by over 1,500,000 people including 44 Cardinals and 417 Bishops from around the world. Halvey_A429_001 Halvey_A429_052 Halvey_A429_054 Halvey_A429_056 Hungers and
Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute
...their charitable activities. For more on the Philopatrians check out our online catalog or visit their website [1] Hall of the Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute, 02/10/1868, MC26 F2 Constitution and Bylaws; https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8290. [2] Letter to Father Connery from Francis Burns, 7/7/1950, MC78_80.3436 [3] “Philopatrian Literary Institute 90 Years
Ann Mattingly’s Miracle Cure
...rking on cataloging one of their pamphlet collections into PastPerfect, an online catalog that is available through PAHRC's website. That way, instead of blindly searching through boxes, all you need to do is a search through the database to locate a pamphlet. Something interesting that I’ve come across are several
Philadelphia’s First Bishop
..., the city and county of Philadelphia had over 100,000 inhabitants. As the number of Catholics in the United States grew, Bishop John Carroll of Baltimore suggested that his immense diocese be divided, and in 1808 the Dioceses of Philadelphia, New York, Boston and Bardstown, Kentucky were established. The newly