Parish Histories and Calendars
...Pennsylvania. Inquiries on parishes outside of Pennsylvania can be made by phone or e-mail. Some material for parishes outside of Pennsylvania may be found in the Pamphlet Collection. Parish Calendar Collection This collection contains Monthly Parish Calendars for over three hundred parishes. The date range for most is from about
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.
Mary Brackett Willcox and Catholicism in the Suburbs
...stle Parish in 1729. This mission, based out of the family house, would be considered the first parish in the diocese.[4] Despite marrying into a large Catholic family, Mary remained deeply Protestant and is reported to silently protest her husband’s Catholicism, even slamming doors to distract the small congregation during
Medical Mission Sisters
...isters formed they had to take private instead of public vows and were not considered a full religious order. Despite this setback, the sisters found an ally in Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia, who was taken with the mission as he himself had served as a Mission Bishop in the Philippines