Eden Hall
Among the landscape of Northeast Philadelphia, in the Torresdale neighborhood, lies Fleuhr Park. Filled with walking trails and athletic fields, a majority of this area once belonged to the Society of the Sacred Heart and their academy: Eden Hall. It would be impossible to talk about Eden Hall without briefly
Higher, Faster, Stronger: The Olympics
Later this week on July 26th, the Games of the 33rd Olympiad will be held in Paris, France. A hundred years ago, the city also hosted the Games of the 8th Olympiad. The Catholic Historical Research Center would like to take the opportunity to highlight some Catholics living in the
Marian Year of 1954
May is the month devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary and this year marks the 60th anniversary of the Marian Year of 1954. A hundred years earlier, the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception was defined by Pope Pius IX in the papal bull Ineffabilis Deus. Pope Pius XII, in his
Saint John Neumann and the Forty Hours Devotion
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, the practice spread to Rome