Pilgrimage of Hope
...back to the time of Saint Philip Neri. After evening Mass and induction of new members, pilgrims can participate in a rite where their feet are washed before embarking on the Seven Church Pilgrimage. Outside the Scavi Office, as pictures were not allowed in the Necropolis The next day was
Black Catholics in Philadelphia and The Journal
...the founding of the new parish, devoted its coverage to local and national news relating to black Catholics as well as news about black issues in the United States. It also covered news concerning St. Peter Claver. The top of the newspaper's title page read “The Catholic Church is the
Robert M. O’Reilly, Surgeon General
...cates are large in scale, below is a letter congratulating O'Reilly on his new position as Assistant Surgeon. Letter from War Department, August 5, 1867 Letter from War Department, August 5, 1867 A high point in the collection is a scrapbook kept while O’Reilly was abroad serving as a delegate
Jane and Marianne Campbell: Catholic Feminists
...and contributed to Catholic publications, including the Rosary Magazine of New York, the Catholic Messenger, and the Records of the American Catholic Historical Society. As an art teacher who worked in Philadelphia’s public schools for fifty-five years- her last position as Head of the Art Department at the Girls’ Normal