by Diana | Sep 4, 2015 | Catholic History, Events, National Catholic Register, Personal Travel, Pilgrimage
This post originally appeared at the National Catholic Register. Must-See Catholic Sites in Philadelphia In just a few months, the world will descend on Philadelphia to take part in the World Meeting of Families and to get as close as possible to Pope Francis on his...
by Diana | Sep 4, 2015 | Behind the Scenes, Catholic History, Events, Mary, National Catholic Register
This post originally appeared at the National Catholic Register. How Our Lady, Undoer of Knots Inspired Papal Pretzels in Philly It all started with a pretzel. Or was it a book? Perhaps the Blessed Mother — under the title of Our Lady, Undoer of Knots — can help me...
by Diana | Sep 4, 2015 | Catholic History, National Catholic Register, Pilgrimage, Pretty Things
This post was originally posted at the National Catholic Register. St. Augustine’s Historic Church Gets More Historic Philadelphia’s Old St. Augustine’s Roman Catholic Church is a very historic church. It is the first foundation of the Augustinian Order in the United...
by Diana | Sep 4, 2015 | Behind the Scenes, Events, National Catholic Register, Pilgrimage
This post was originally posted at the National Catholic Register here. Pope Francis Makes Plans to Reign on Philly’s Parade Independence Hall (Photo by Diana von Glahn) Living in the Philadelphia area since the World Meeting of Families was announced has been a...
by Diana | Jan 5, 2015 | Catholic History, Liturgical Calendar, RCSD Post, Saints, Videos
Today is the memorial of St John Nepomucene Neumann, Philadelphia’s fourth bishop and our country’s first male saint. In celebration of his memorial, I wrote a post about our shrine here in Philadelphia, the National Shrine of St John Nepomucene Neumann, one...
