The Church and Labor
...right to private property should be directed to the common good and that "Capital cannot do without Labor, nor Labor Capital."[3] Both of these encyclicals made clear that for progress to be made on improving the conditions of all people, all sides need to come together and work in harmony.
Saint John Neumann and the Forty Hours Devotion
...had been held in individual churches in Philadelphia, but never on a diocesan-wide level. It was met with significant opposition: for some, the timing was not right. Nearly a decade earlier in 1844, the Nativist Riots saw the destruction of Catholic businesses and two churches: Saint Michael’s and Saint Augustine’s.
Canonization of Saint John Neumann
...[1] It was not long after his death that calls were being made to open his cause for canonization. In May of 1886, the Diocese of Philadelphia and the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists) held its first session to examine the life of John Neumann for evidence of
Roman Catholic and Archdiocese High Schools
...Mary E. H. McMichan opened the Catholic Girls High School, the first Diocesan Catholic high school in America. A few years later at the request of Mrs. McMichan, it was renamed the J. W. Hallahan Catholic Girls High School after her brother.[10] Hallahan Opening Day With only one high school