41st International Eucharistic Congress
...uced leading up to the IEC it raised over 5 million dollars in just a few months.[10] To date Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl has raised over $300 million.[11] Another lasting impact of the 41st IEC was a hymn writing contest that resulted in the popular “Gift of Finest Wheat,”
American Federation of Catholic Societies
...and after the war, the newly formed National Catholic Welfare Conference continued to take the lead. In 1923, the head of the Philadelphia branch wrote to Cardinal Dougherty to ask if the AFCS should be dissolved in favor of the NCWC.[14] Dougherty believed that the Federation should continue as it
Philadelphia’s First Bishop
...” echoed through the city. Bishop Egan’s weakened physical state may have contributed to some of the administrative problems he encountered during his years in Philadelphia. The growing debt at Saint Mary’s prompted the lay trustees to suggest decreasing the number of priests serving the congregation, as well as reducing
Archbishop Ryan
...s also active in expanding ministry work for the marginalized. He opened a number of institutions, including, St. Joseph’s House for Homeless Industrious Boys and the Philadelphia Protectory for Boys (now St. Gabriel’s Hall) in 1888 and 1895, respectively.[10] Ryan was also active in labor relations, working on a number