Irish Catholics and Secret Societies
...1863 and were a regional labor organization in the anthracite coal area of Northeastern Pennsylvania, mainly in Carbon and Schuylkill counties.[2] The Fenian Brotherhood was a military group that sought the overthrow of English rule in Ireland. Their annual operating budget spent tens of thousands of dollars on their war
Irish College, Rome. Transcripts, 1832-1848 (MC 53)
...d Kirby. Henry published edited versions of these transcripts in the Records of the American Catholic Historical Society (volumes 7-9). The intent was to document some of people and events connected with the history of Catholicity in North America. Correspondents include Francis P. Kenrick, Peter R. Kenrick, Edward Barron, Michael
Monsignor Hugh J. Nolan
...James Catholic High School in Chester in 1944 before making the journey up north to Saint Paul, Minnesota three years later. At Saint Paul’s Seminary, he established a masters degree program. Starting in 1954, Reverend Nolan would serve as professor and the Theology Department Chair of Immaculata College. At the
A Brief History of the Growing Pains of the Church in Philadelphia
...founded in 1808.[12] [1] Thomas Hughes, History of the Society of Jesus in North America vol. II, (London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1908) 473; Archdiocese of Philadelphia Catholic Directory, (Philadelphia: CatholicPhilly.com, 2018). [2] Archdiocese of Philadelphia Catholic Directory, (Philadelphia: CatholicPhilly.com, 2018). [3]John Gilmary Shea, Life and Times of the Most