Gift of Finest Wheat: The Story of the 41st International Eucharistic Congress

...eme of the 41st IEC was “The Eucharist and the Hungers of the Human Family” with the goal of examining both physical and spiritual hunger. The history of the Eucharistic Congress dates to 1881, when a one-day congress was held in Lille, France and attended by more than 800 people.

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Benedict Club: A Home Away From Home

...rst year about 200 men visited the club each day and by 1943 that was up to 800.[11] The women volunteers, called the Morale Corps, would organize various themes for the dances as well as staff the offices and service desks and serve food and refreshments. The military men described

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Mary Brackett Willcox and Catholicism in the Suburbs

...r warm heart was capable of.”[14] Bishop James Wood would preside over her funeral, which was attended by dozens of clergy and over a hundred mourners.[15] Mary Bracket Willcox’s collection sheds light on the vital role she played in the growth of Catholicism in the Archdiocese. In addition, it shows

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...others. While Kenrick maintained in several of his letters that Masses and funeral services should continue to be said in Latin rather than in a vernacular language such as Germans, his letters reveal a genuine concern for the growing population of German Catholics in his expansive diocese. It is clear

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