41st International Eucharistic Congress
...as Operation Rice Bowl, which raises money every year during Lent to fight world hunger and poverty. The program had a pilot run in the Diocese of Allentown in 1975. When it was introduced leading up to the IEC it raised over 5 million dollars in just a few months.[10]
Newman Centers
...he early 1900s, other students were forming Catholic clubs. In 1915, seven New York colleges created the Federation of College Catholic Clubs to unite these separate groups. [8] Three years later it counted 19 members and would grow to 59 by 1924. The goal of the FCCC was to guide
Digitizing the Halvey Photograph Collection, Step One
...pher began in the 1930’s, taking photos for the Roman Catholic High School newspaper and neighborhood newspaper The Kensington Critic. He was then a U.S. Army photographer during World War II, for which he received a Legion of Merit, and later a staff photographer for Pennsylvania Hospital. Having never discarded
Influenza Pandemic and the Sisters
...Deeply Grateful to Archbishop and the Sisters,” The Catholic Standard and Times, October 19, 1918. SB-10, April 7, 1917- Feb. 12, 1920 Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. [14] “Nun Gives Life for Blockley’s Sick Poor,” The Catholic Standard and Times, October 19, 1918. SB-10, April 7,