Eucharistic Congress
...to 1881, when a one day congress was held in Lille, France and attended by 800 people. The event in Philadelphia would last for a week and be attended by over 1,500,000 people including 44 Cardinals and 417 Bishops from around the world. Halvey_A429_001 Halvey_A429_052 Halvey_A429_054 Halvey_A429_056 Hungers and
Irish Land War
...testaments, and booklets on a variety of topics. I recently came across a number of documents related to the “Irish Question.” The Irish Question, concerning Irish nationalism and independence, spanned the time period from around the mid 19th to the mid 20th century. Religion and politics were both prominent topics
Herman Joseph Heuser papers, 1811-1933 (MC 1)
...ered include Catholicity in Russia, church architecture, Catholic American Indians, and the religious aspects of the issue of vasectomy. A significant amount of materials in the collection relate to Canon Patrick Augustine Sheehan of Doneraile, Ireland, specifically Sheehan’s book, My New Curate; a story gathered from the stray leaves of
Irish Catholics and Secret Societies
...of the Peace, for Schuylkill County, Penna., (Pottsville: Miners' Journal Book and Job Rooms, 1878), P001.1567 [9] P001.1567 [10] The great Mollie Maguire trials in Carbon and Schuylkill counties, Pa. : brief reference to such trials and arguments of Gen. Charles Albright and Hon. F.W. Hughes, in the case of