Hometown Saint: Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in Philadelphia
...School. In 1908, Sisters of the Blessed took over the teaching of the boy classes, while the girls’ classes were conducted by the Sisters of Notre Dame. The SBS taught at the school until 1972. In 1904, two members of the SBS conducted religious Sunday classes at a North Philadelphia
Collection Development Policy
...ls, including Archdiocesan and National Catholic directories, Philadelphia City directories, and encyclopedias. Secondary sources include scholarship relating to the history of Catholicism in the United States as well as social and cultural histories of the various ethnicities that shaped the American Catholic Church. CHRC does not actively collect non-institutional records,
Irish Land War
...testaments, and booklets on a variety of topics. I recently came across a number of documents related to the “Irish Question.” The Irish Question, concerning Irish nationalism and independence, spanned the time period from around the mid 19th to the mid 20th century. Religion and politics were both prominent topics
Gift of Finest Wheat: The Story of the 41st International Eucharistic Congress
...eme of the 41st IEC was “The Eucharist and the Hungers of the Human Family” with the goal of examining both physical and spiritual hunger. The history of the Eucharistic Congress dates to 1881, when a one-day congress was held in Lille, France and attended by more than 800 people.