Archbishop John Carroll

...elphia, 1797; P015.003, 6. Catholic Historical Research Center. [13] Ibid., 11 & 17. [14] Minutes of Holy Trinity, 117. [15] Frist Provincial Council of Baltimore, 1810, MC70-10.03, Egan Papers. Catholic Historical Research Center. [16] The Catholic Historical Research Center has a Carey Bible in its collection, which was own by

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Beloved Cardinal Archbishop: John Francis O’Hara

...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 as well as more generally the first religious from the United States to do so.[12] One August

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Cornelia Connelly, S.H.C.J.

...y.” [1] Despite protests from Isabella, Cornelia married Pierce on December 1, 1831. Following the marriage, Reverend Connelly was offered to lead a congregation at Holy Trinity in Natchez, Mississippi. At the time, Catholicism was going through a revival in the Mississippi Valley: old orders such as the Society of

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Catholics Responses to the Spanish Civil War

...about the conflict. Forces during the initial uprising in Barcelona on July 19, 1939. Msgr. Hawks slide collection The Spanish Civil War began in 1936 after the left wing Popular Front won the elections. Right wing groups, later led by Francisco Franco, rose up to overthrow the Second Republic. The

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