Priest and Rosary Calm Tension – Oral History Interview
...on to do this anywhere. And we were in every area of the city. We were in North Philly, we were in the suburbs, we were in South Philly, you know, and all I had to do was call them and they’d be there. I remember a guy and he
John J. Bonner papers, 1909-1945 (MC 49)
...ry after graduating from Roman Catholic High School. He transferred to the North American College in Rome, and was ordained there in June 1917. Upon his return to the United States, he was appointed assistant rector of St. Bridget’s Church (1917-18), left this post to serve as a U.S. Army
Archbishop John Carroll
...John Carroll the Superior of the Mission in the Thirteen United States of North America.[5] Based in Maryland, Carroll would come to rely on Father Ferdinand Farmer, S.J. as his main contact in Philadelphia. Farmer, who at the time administered to Catholics in the city as well as most of
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