Eucharistic Congress
...to 1881, when a one day congress was held in Lille, France and attended by 800 people. The event in Philadelphia would last for a week and be attended by over 1,500,000 people including 44 Cardinals and 417 Bishops from around the world. Halvey_A429_001 Halvey_A429_052 Halvey_A429_054 Halvey_A429_056 Hungers and
Irish Land War
...testaments, and booklets on a variety of topics. I recently came across a number of documents related to the “Irish Question.” The Irish Question, concerning Irish nationalism and independence, spanned the time period from around the mid 19th to the mid 20th century. Religion and politics were both prominent topics
Association of Catholic Diocesan Archivists
...c Diocesan Archivists was formed, with their first official meeting taking place in 1979 at the Bergamo Center in Dayton, Ohio. Since 1998, the conference has been held at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake, which is the primary seminary and school of theology for the formation of
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,