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  John Baptist Purcell
His parents, Edward and Johanna Purcell, being industrious and pious, gave their children all the advantages of the education attainable at a time when the penal laws were less rigorously enforced.
The new cathedral, a magnificent structure 200 feet long and 80 feet wide, built of Dayton limestone, with its beautiful spire of solid stone rising to the height of 225 feet, is one of the finest in the West.
Bishop Purcell from the beginning was an earnest advocate of the establishment of parish schools.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/p/purcell,john_baptist.html   (2981 words)

  
 John Baptist Purcell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Baptist Purcell (1800 - 1883) was born February 26, 1800 in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland.
October 13, 1833 - John Baptist Purcell consecrated as bishop, Principal Consecrator is Archbishop James Whitfield, Principal Co-consecrators Bishop John Dubois, P.S.S. and Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick.
November 14, 1833 - Bishop John Baptist Purcell arrives by steamboat in Cincinnati, and is installed by Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Baptist_Purcell   (481 words)

  
 Additional Endorsements for Bill Purcell
Purcell attended an afternoon service commemorating the church's 112th anniversary as the guest of Rev. Thomas, who called upon Purcell to address the more than 300 members of the congregation gathered for the celebration.
Purcell received one of the first major endorsements in the mayoral race by picking up the support of the group representing more than 5,000 of Nashville's teachers.
Mary Pruitt spoke of Purcell's knowledge and understanding of the important issues facing children and families, and of the trust and confidence she developed in him while working together in the legislature.
www.smartvoter.org /1999aug/tn/dv/vote/purcell_b/endorse.html   (925 words)

  
 Notre Dame Archives: Calendar
Purcell asks on the bottom of J. Young's letter who J. Young is. He is a German who came to teach here.
He sends to Purcell a copy of the decrees of the Cleveland diocesan synod on the conduct of pastors and the administration of temporal affairs.
In answer to (Purcell's) letter he states that he had been under the impression that the Visitandines and Ursulines were under solemn vows until he received the Pope's encyclical, but having studied the matter he is convinced that they are under simple vows.
archives.nd.edu /calendar/c185711.htm   (10191 words)

  
 ttown
The reason for this for this choice seems to have been the desire to get a sufficiently compact stretch of land and of woodland, because they were under the impression that the prairie land, then very swampy, was unhealthful and unproductive-like the heath of their nave land which was barren.
John Hy Uptmor was the first one to own a house in Teutopolis and thus became the first citizen of the town.
Reverend John Pennartz of Sigel closed the meeting with an address on the "Purpose of the Districksveband." At 7:00 o'clock in the evening, the school children, under the direction of the Sisters, gave a delightful entertainment to a crowed house.
www.frontiernet.net /~kevinperkins/ttown.htm   (6589 words)

  
 John Baptist Purcell
PURCELL, John Baptist, R. archbishop, born in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland, 26 February, 1800; died in Brown county, Ohio, 4 July, 1883.
Several years before this he had permitted his brother, Edward Purcell, who was vicar-general of the diocese, to receive deposits of money.
At his death the number of Roman Catholics in the diocese that he originally held was more than half a million, the priests numbered 480, and the churches 500.
www.famousamericans.net /johnbaptistpurcell   (1569 words)

  
 The Athenaeum of Ohio
John Baptist Purcell, Fenwick’s successor as bishop of Cincinnati, recruited religious orders to provide a more professional teaching staff.
Bishop Purcell was committed to development of a permanent seminary of excellent reputation, with a new building, learned faculty and financial support.
With the death of Archbishop Moeller in 1925, Archbishop John Timothy McNicholas was appointed to lead the archdiocese.
www.mtsm.org /about/history.htm   (2099 words)

  
 The Seminary Libraries of the Franciscan Province of St. John the Baptist
The growth of the seminary libraries of the Franciscan Province of St. John the Baptist parallels the development in the United States of libraries of Catholic diocesan seminaries and Protestant seminaries.
The first seminary of St. John the Baptist Province was located in Cincinnati and "opened October 4, 1858, an institution for the higher education of boys which they styled 'St. Francis Gymnasium.' The European designation 'Gymnasium' was adopted to controvert the erroneous idea that the imparting of a business education was to be its purpose...
The seminaries of the Province of St. John the Baptist, shared with seminaries of all denominations the desire to be granted accreditation.
homepages.udayton.edu /~kriegemi/fra.html   (7724 words)

  
 Notre Dame Archives: Calendar
John O'Connell of this city, the son of respectable parents who had been until lately independent and wealthy; he is the nephew of the late Very Rev. John O'Connor, V.G. of this diocese.
He has told John he should retire earlier, and if unable to prepare his lessons, to inform his teacher and he will not be subject to any mortification in consequence.
John McGill of the Diocese of Louisville; 3.
archives.nd.edu /calendar/c184805.htm   (9286 words)

  
 Descendants of Nicholas Purcell
Purcell is usually regarded as an Irish name, though the most famous man so called, Henry Purcell, the composer, was an Englishman.
Both English and Irish Purcells are of Norman descent, the latter being found mostly in the contiguous counties of Kilkenny and Tipperary.
This Purcell was one of the negotiators of the Treaty of Limerick in 1691.
bgill1963.tripod.com /id29.html   (838 words)

  
 HISTORY OF CINCINNATI AND HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO
His father, a minister in the Baptist Church, was engaged in ministerial work most of his life, and died in the city of Baltimore, Md., where lie had gone on a visit, to his eldest son.
JOHN ROSS BAUMES was born in Carlisle, N. Y., December 28, 1833, His father, Jacob Baumes, a farmer, was a native of New York, of English and German descent, and his mother, Susan (Bowler) Baumes, was a native of Rhode Island.
JOHN M.,, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church; is a native of Ohio, and has spent most of his useful life in Cincinnati, He has, since his graduation from college in 1852, been earnestly engaged in educational, civil and ecclesiastical affairs.
www.heritagepursuit.com /Hamilton/HamiltonBio721.htm   (21226 words)

  
 St. Francis Seraph Ministries
Francis Seraph Ministries is a not-for-profit organization established by the friars of the Franciscan Province of St. John the Baptist.
Invited to Cincinnati by Bishop John Baptist Purcell in 1844, the Franciscan friars, from the Province of St. Leopold, Tyrol, Austria, answered his call to help meet the needs of the great number of German Catholics who had been coming to the city since 1830.
As members of the Order of Friars Minor, a Franciscan brotherhood, the friars of St. John the Baptist Province are inspired by the 13th century example of St. Francis of Assisi.
www.stfrancisseraph.org /index.htm   (466 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: William Henry Elder
John Baptist Purcell, who afterwards became the second Bishop, and later the first Archbishop, of Cincinnati.
On 30 January, 1880, he was made titular Bishop of Avara and transferred to Cincinnati, as coadjutor with the right of succession to Archbishop Purcell, whom he succeeded 4 July, 1883.
Great financial difficulties clouded the last years of Archbishop Purcell's life and made the task of his successor a trying one.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/05373a.htm   (317 words)

  
 The Purcell Register
She later worked a number of years for John A. Brown, but most of her life she was a homemaker.
Survivors include his wife, Lurana; two sons, John Pierce and his wife, Sherrie, and Arvon Pierce and his wife, Pat; two daughters, Sheri Bradley and Pat Lackey and her husband, Ed; 11 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.
She was reared in Purcell, the daughter of Leo and Jewel Grisham.
www.purcellregister.com /article-display.asp?idnum=2384   (1271 words)

  
 Treasured Churches--Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The cornerstone of the cathedral was laid by Bishop John Baptist Purcell in May, 1841; and it was dedicated in November, 1845 -- a relatively short time for such a monumental structure.
Bishop John Baptist Purcell was an immigrant himself, born in Ireland in 1800, arriving in the United States at the age of eighteen.
One year later, John Baptist Purcell, an Irish Catholic immigrant who had lived in the United States some twelve years all told, was installed as second bishop of the Cincinnati diocese at the early age of 33.
www.aquinas-multimedia.com /church/peter1.html   (408 words)

  
 The Bishops of Philadelphia
John Nepoumecene Neumann was buried in the Redemptorist church of St. Peter with his Redemptorist brothers.
John Francis O'Hara was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on May 1, 1888, the fourth of ten children.
John Francis O'Hara was consecrated Titular Bishop of Mylasa and Delegate to the Military Vicar on January 15, 1940 in the Chapel of the Sacred Heart at Notre Dame by Archbishop Spellman.
www.rc.net /philadelphia/history/bishops.htm   (6324 words)

  
 Cleveland Catholic Cemeteries Association
John Baptist Purcell, Bishop of Cincinnati, in whose jurisdiction Cleveland was then located, sent the Rev. John Dillon to the young community and its handful of Catholics as first resident pastor.
With the opening of St. Joseph Cemetery in 1850, and St. John in 1858, removal of Catholic bodies were again made, although a small number still remain, chiefly single graves.
It is well to note that St. John Cemetery was so called because it was at first, the cemetery of people from the Cathedral Parish, St. John.
www.clevelandcatholiccemeteries.org /mission_statement_history.html   (3243 words)

  
 Home Page
Reverend John Dubois, S.S., (1764-1842), founder of Mount Saint Mary's College and Seminary, surrendered his cabin on the mountain for the sisters' use until their dwelling was habitable.
Established 1812 in Nazareth, Kentucky, by Reverend John Baptist David, S.S., (second bishop of Bardstown, Kentucky, 1832-1833), and cofounder Mother Catherine Spalding (1793-1858, superior 1813-1819; 1824-1831; 1838-1844; 1850-1856) to minister to Catholic families on the frontier.
John Francis Regis Canevin (1852-1927), bishop of Pittsburgh, renamed this institute, giving it the current title since the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill were already in the same diocese.
www.sisters-of-charity.org /history.htm   (7216 words)

  
 Parish History 1886 - 1909 - The Catholic Church of St. John the Baptist, Edmond, Oklahoma
John the Baptist had a mission church, St. Patrick's, in Lockridge, a settlement west of Edmond.
Patrick's Church, built by the parishioners on 5 acres of land donated by John Charles Kelly and his wife Musetta, was a small 24 x 40 feet white building with a simple steeple and bell tower.
Parish status for St. John's in Edmond was regained and a new church was built at a cost of $4,000.
www.stjohn-catholic.org /history_detail_1886.html   (1867 words)

  
 PMHS History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In 1928, the Most Reverend John T. McNicholas decided to locate the school on Hackberry Street and gave it the name Purcell, in honor of the first Archbishop of Cincinnati, John Baptist Purcell.
Purcell High School was under the administration of the Brothers of Mary and was staffed by Brothers, Marianist Priests, and lay men and women.
Purcell Marian is a Roman Catholic, co-educational high school serving a multi-racial student body of many faiths with differing backgrounds and educational needs.
www.purcellmarian.org /pmhs_history.html   (468 words)

  
 timesreporter.com
John Baptist Purcell, bishop of Cincinnati, paid the first episcopal visit on Aug. 28, 1844.
The bishop was transported from Canton to Strasburg in a carriage drawn by four dapple gray horses.
When he reached St. Peter’s, Purcell exited the carriage and walked up the hill, his route lined on both sides by members of the congregation.
www.timesreporter.com /printable.php?ID=56254   (791 words)

  
 John Purcell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is about a soldier; for the American Archbishop, see John Baptist Purcell.
John Purcell (1814-19 September 1857) was a British Irish soldier who received the Victoria Cross.
Private Purcell's horse was killed under him and Hancock was severely wounded.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Purcell   (173 words)

  
 Elizabeth Grogan-Purcell
Purcell was the seventh son of the Purcell family.
It is believed that Thomas Edward Purcell burned to death in an explosion at a restaurant.
Included in the photo is his wife, Mary Alice (Thompson) Purcell with their children; Rose, Anna, James, Irene, William R, and Mary.
www.angelfire.com /wi/grogan/ElizabethGrogan.html   (444 words)

  
 Story of the Mountain, Chapter 11
Brute’, accompanied by the young levite John Baptist Purcell, left the Mountain for New York to sail for France where the latter was to complete his studies at St. Sulpice.
Purcell sailed on the 1st of March, 1824, for Havre.
Purcell, future president and late Archbishop of Cincinnati, was still in Paris.
www.emmitsburg.net /archive_list/articles/history/stories/som/11.htm   (5311 words)

  
 History of Holy Trinity Parish, 1833 - 1983, Avon, Ohio,
Since there wasn't sufficient space on the existing acerage, John and Christina Nagel donated an acre-and-a-half across the road on the east side of Jaycox in return for perpetual memorial annual Masses on the feasts of St. John the Baptist and the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin.
John Burnett, the custodian was in the church at the time, was not injured, but had to be treated for shock.
Father John Schaefer replaced Father Warth in June, 1958, and it was during his tenure that the sisters' convent was built for approximately $80,000 and the parish hall was modernized.
www.centuryinter.net /tjs11/church/h2trin.htm   (7629 words)

  
 Jean Baptiste Lamy Summary
The French priest Jean Baptiste Lamy (1814-1888) was a pioneer Catholic prelate in the American Southwest.
As a missionary in the New World, Lamy labored in several missions of Ohio and Kentucky, when, to his surprise, he was notified of his appointment as bishop of the recently created Vicariate of New Mexico on July 23, 1850.
Lamy was succeeded as Archbishop of Santa Fe by Jean Baptiste Salpointe.
www.bookrags.com /Jean_Baptiste_Lamy   (747 words)

  
 Grogan Genealogy
There was a John Grogan of Coolcashin and Amable Fitzpatrick of Clontubrid married on Feb 9, 1774.
d.  John Baptist Purcell (b June 25, 1861 in Straitsville, Ohio d March 21, 1936 in Cooks County, Washington - buried in Grand Rapids, Michigan) m 1st Elizabeth Elzena Paxton in Lancaster, Ohio.  Elizabeth Elzena Paxton-Purcell is buried in St. Patrick's Cemetery at Junction City, Ohio.  John Baptist Purcell m 2nd Martha Moran.
John and Mary Miller-McCabe made their way to Perry County, Ohio by boat and finally by pushing a wheel barrel.
www.angelfire.com /wi/grogan/grogan.html   (2548 words)

  
 Ursulines of Brown County - Our Story
John Baptist Purcell, Archbishop of Cincinnati had urged these Ursuline Sisters to establish a school for young ladies.
He wanted their presence in his diocese because this organization of women founded by Saint Angela in 1535 was known for the quality of their education.
The Archbishop offered them a tract of land that was part of the Virginia Military Land Grant deeded to the Archdiocese by General John Lytle.
www.ursulinesofbc.org /our_story.htm   (458 words)

  
 The Cincinnati Post
The archives were established in 1833 by Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Andriacco said.
Andriacco stressed that the more centralized location does not signal that the archives are being made available to the general public.
John Picton, who is the senior vice president of sales for Chelsea Moore, is handling the leasing of the fifth and sixth floors, which Picton described as "creative space."
www.cincypost.com /2004/08/12/arch081204.html   (399 words)

  
 Correspondence, August/September 1997   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Instead, much like his hero John Courtney Murray, he continues to insist that there exists a fundamental harmony between Catholicism and the United States, all the while explaining away any friction in terms of recent cultural decline (hence his lament over "how far the disintegration of society has progressed in the past four decades").
I was pleased to read Richard John Neuhaus’ mention of China in While We’re At It (March), along with the quotation from the Pope’s recent statement and the apt analogy to Christians behind the Iron Curtain before the fall of the Soviet Union.
I have read that when John Paul II was just beginning his papacy, someone called out at one of his public appearances, "Remember the Church of Silence!" This phrase referred to the Church behind the Iron Curtain.
www.firstthings.com /ftissues/ft9708/correspondence.html   (7517 words)

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