Cornelia Connelly, S.H.C.J.

...aving Louisiana, conflicted Cornelia offered her husband an opportunity to change his mind and reconcile the marriage. He remained steadfast in his desire to join the priesthood even if it meant splitting up the family. In the fall of 1843, Connelly and her husband presented their petition to Pope Gregory

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Mathew Carey

...riving in Paris in 1779, the connections that Carey would make there would change his life forever. First, he began working for Benjamin Franklin in his Paris printing shop. From there he would become friends with Lafayette, who would help Carey set up his first newspaper in America.[3] After a

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Reverend William McGarvey papers, circa 1900 (MC 5)

...es and denominations to speak freely in Episcopal churches and was a major change to the Episcopal canon that caused considerable division in the church, and led to other priests leaving for the Roman Catholic Church as well. The Reverend William McGarvey papers contain 4 personal notebooks with handwritten sermon

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Vatican II

...ings. Here Wolf shows that the middle way is the best way. Wolf, ” It’ll Make Port,” June 2, 1967 The Church represented as a ship being cast about by the heavy storms of change. However, Wolf is confident based on the title that the Church will weather the storm.

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