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...or the priesthood into his home that marked the establishment of what is today St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. Learning more about the bishop who was so integrally responsible for the founding and expansion of the seminary was especially intriguing as a volunteer here. It is fortunate that Kenrick was so
Benedict Club: A Home Away From Home
...food would account for about 25% of all expenses.[14] Surprisingly popular daytime activity of fingerpainting, held most Mondays. By the summer of 1946, the USO was looking to close many of the hundreds of clubs throughout the country due to the general demobilization.[15] The Philadelphia branch decided to cease funding
Gift of Finest Wheat: The Story of the 41st International Eucharistic Congress
...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. The 1979 event in Philadelphia would last for a week and be attended by over 1.5 million people, including 44 Cardinals and 417 bishops