Benedict Club: A Home Away From Home
...rst year about 200 men visited the club each day and by 1943 that was up to 800.[11] The women volunteers, called the Morale Corps, would organize various themes for the dances as well as staff the offices and service desks and serve food and refreshments. The military men described
Saint John Neumann and the Forty Hours Devotion
...ours Devotion took place on May 26, 1853, the Feast of Corpus Christi. The location was Saint Philip Neri Church in Southwark, named after the saint who introduced the devotion three hundred years earlier. Earlier fears of the three-day devotion were extinguished after no public disturbances occurred. The Catholic Herald
Visiting CHRC
...at all visitors schedule an appointment prior to arriving at the archives. Location and Directions: We are located at 6719 Calvert Street, Philadelphia, PA 19149, directly next to the old Our Lady of Ransom Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Entrance to the archives is off of Calvert Street. CHRC has ample
Marian Year
...Year. Seen is the grave of John Neumann before it was moved to its current location beneath the altar. December 8, 1953 Celebration of Mary At the end of 1953, Pope Pius XII proclaimed that a Marian year was to be celebrated throughout the world on the occasion of the