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.
Parish Mapping Project
...parish". This lack of data has required us to dig deeper into the records, looking at parish histories and past issues of the Catholic Standard and Times of both the parish in question and parishes that were later created from the parish. By doing so, we have started to fill
The Vatican – Marian Year Stamp Philatelic Exhibition
...tican City in 1929. Francis Cardinal Spellman and Archbishop John O'Hara looking at some of the Cardinal collection One of the first stamps issued by the Vatican Post Office in 1929. The image is that of Pope Pius X. The largest part was the collection formed by Francis Cardinal
Thomas Nast Anti-Catholic Cartoons
.../7360 One of themes conveyed through Nast’s cartoons was that the pope was looking to rule the United States by converting its people to Catholicism. This could be seen in his cartoon drawn in 1870 where the pope and other clergy stand atop St. Peters Basilica and greedily eye America