Newman Centers

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Eucharistic Congress

...ess was a major event in the city and attended by pilgrims from around the world. One of the largest events was the candlelight procession from the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which was attended by 350,000 people. Another feature of the

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Redpath’s Illustrated Weekly: a rare find

...and, eventually, Irish freedom. Reacting to the pro-English stance of most American newspapers concerning Ireland, in July 1882 Redpath bought the New York based newspaper McGee’s Illustrated Weekly from its publisher, Maurice Francis Egan and determined to make it a vehicle to support land reform in Ireland and promote Irish

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Manuscript Collections

...hed through online finding aids. Most of the manuscript collections of the American Catholic Historical Society (ACHS), which include the papers of prominent Catholic clergy, laity, and institutions as well as papers that document historic events, have finding aids or box lists which may be consulted by visiting the Archives.

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