Gift of Finest Wheat: The Story of the 41st International Eucharistic Congress
...oth 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. The 1979 event in Philadelphia would last for a week and be attended by over 1.5 million people, including 44
The Right Reverend Monsignor Louis Meyer papers, 1910-2007 (MC 91)
...rials relating to St. Charles Seminary and the University of Pennsylvania, travel documents and ephemera, correspondence, notes, journals, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, and subject files containing clippings and other printed materials. 7.5 linear feet; 18 boxes Researchers may find it helpful to use the more recent finding aid (HTML) in conjunction
Cornelia Connelly, S.H.C.J.
...itriol of his Protestant brethren, Pierce left the Anglican priesthood and travelled to Saint Louis at the urging of his friend Joseph Nicolett. Cornelia, aware of the attacks on Catholics, also took time to learn about the faith and found herself drawn to the beliefs. Once Pierce discussed conversion to
A “petulant girl”?: Josephine Walsh’s diaries
...er time at Mount St. Joseph’s Academy until her twenties. They are full of travel notes, commentary on social events, and writings on her family and even their shop business. Story drafts and inspirational ideas are scattered throughout her notebooks. She also wrote plays, which she and her friends performed