Saint John Neumann and the Forty Hours Devotion
...s photo; used with permission With the National Eucharistic revival taking place this year, it would be appropriate to talk about the Forty Hours Devotion. The devotion began in Milan, Italy, in memory of the forty hours that the Sacred Body of Jesus laid in the tomb. Not long after,
Marian Year of 1954
...built at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul. Several pilgrimages took place during the year, most of which included a stop at the Shrine of the Miraculous Medal in Germantown. The Shrine, which had been housed in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception of Saint Vincent’s Seminary since 1927,
Starting from Scratch: The Story of Msgr. Hawks and St. Joan of Arc Parish
...building was a risky matter, since the lower floor was actually fallen in places and the cellar was full of vermin. When Mother Isador of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary called to see me with reference to the future school she happened to notice this wretched building.
A “petulant girl”?: Josephine Walsh’s diaries
...had kept house for about a year, I begged Jim to let me go to school some place to learn higher education and real culture, but he wouldn’t hear of it. When I insisted and said I would bolt anyhow whether he approved or not, he wrote me a letter