Historic Resting Place for Famous and Faithful
...ongregation of Holy Trinity acquired a strip of land from St. Mary’s to be used specifically for burials of their members. The two parishes continued to share the burial ground for the next century. Early meetings of St. Mary's Board of Trustees, which are documented in the parish's Minute Books,
James F. Connelly papers, 1790-1974 (MC 67)
...se of Philadelphia, published in 1976. He also contributed articles to the New Catholic Encyclopedia. Connelly served as the first full-time secretary to Cardinal Krol. He was also very involved with the Eucharistic Congress held in Philadelphia in 1976 as well as with the canonization ceremonies for John Neumann. For
The Battle of Antietam: a Philadelphia soldier’s experience
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Priest and Rosary Calm Tension – Oral History Interview
...I still remember—one guy said, “All right, we know you’re a policeman because the kind of belt you’re wearing.” (laughter) I remember then a bottle going zoom—right past my ears. Things were getting panicky, you know. It was very quiet while everybody was saying the rosary. But then it started