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THE CATHOLIC HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
LECTURES
The lectures sponsored by the Society over the years of its existence include:
Date / Speaker / Topic / Location1940
July 8
First general meeting / ¨Rev. John A. Canova,
Archivist of Diocese of Pittsburgh and Pastor of St. John the Baptist Parish, Monaca
¨Rev. Hugh Wilt, O.S.B., Professor of History, Saint Vincent College, Latrobe
¨Rev. Felix Fellner, O.S.B., Archivist of Saint Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe / ¨Diocesan Historical Records
¨Purposes and Aims of a Catholic Historical Society
¨Catholic Historical Research / St. Joseph’s Hall,
Mount Mercy College
September 16
Second general meeting / ¨Rev. Felix Fellner, O.S.B., Archivist of Saint Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe
¨John O’Connor, Jr.,
Assistant Director of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Oakland / ¨Reminiscences and Little-known Data of the Area’s Early Religious Life
¨Memorial to Msgr. Lambing / Synod Hall*
December 9
Quarterly meeting / ¨Rev. John J. Hannon, Assistant Pastor of Nativity Parish, North Side
¨Rev. William J. Purcell, Administrator of St. Charles Parish, Donora
¨Rev. John A. Canova,
Archivist of Diocese of Pittsburgh and Pastor of St. John the Baptist parish, Monaca
¨Most Rev. Hugh C. Boyle, Bishop of Pittsburgh / ¨Notes and Observations on Writing Parish History
¨Parish history: “The Mission on Seven Mile Road” [The Old Log Church of Mount Carmel, New Derry]
¨History of Monaca
¨Two types of civilization in the book, Council Fires on the Upper Ohio, & possible restoration of Mt. Carmel log cabin as a diocesan shrine / Synod Hall
1941
January 6
Business meeting & luncheon / ¨Most. Rev. Hugh C. Boyle,
Bishop of Pittsburgh / ¨Topics: membership, Constitution and By-Laws, Membership Committee campaign / Keystone Hotel, Downtown
March 10
Quarterly
meeting / ¨Rev. John M. Lenhart, O.F.M. Cap., Archivist of St. Augustine Monastery, Lawrenceville
¨Rev. Anthony M. Benedik, Pastor of St. Cyril Parish, North Side and Chairman of Society’s Membership Committee / ¨The Relations of the Capuchin Friars to Western Pennsylvania Prior to 1816
¨Outline of Membership Campaign / Synod Hall
July 14
Quarterly meeting & First Annual Founders Day Program / ¨Rev. Paul E. Campbell,
Society President
¨Frederick W. Reis, Jr., Esq., of Bellevue and past State Deputy of Knights of Columbus / ¨President’s Message: The Significance of History
¨The Laymen’s Part in Compiling Diocesan History: Development of Catholicity in Allegheny County as Found in Wills Probated 1795-1843 / Synod Hall
1942
January 26 General meeting / ¨Rev. Felix Fellner, O.S.B., Archivist of Saint Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe / ¨Phases of Catholicity in Western Pennsylvania During the Eighteenth Century / Synod Hall
May 25
Quarterly & Second Annual Founders Day Program / ¨Mrs. T. S. O’Connor of Sheraden, writer and liturgical student
¨Rev. Paul E. Campbell,
Society President / ¨Tara Hill: Seedling of the Faith in the Homestead District
¨Four Mighty Bishops of Yore &
President’s Address / Synod Hall
September 28
Quarterly meeting / ¨Rev. Edward J. Joyce, Assistant Pastor of St. James Parish, Wilkinsburg / ¨The Historical Value of a Centenary Observance / Synod Hall
1943
February 1
Quarterly meeting / ¨Rev. Jacob B. Shinar, Assistant Pastor of St. Jerome Parish, Charleroi
¨Rev. Paul E. Campbell,
Society President / ¨Little Known Figures in Early Diocesan History
¨Report on work already outlined on the symposium history book / Synod Hall
May 3
General meeting / ¨Rev. Paul E. Campbell,
Society President / ¨Three Little-Known Characters in Early Diocesan History / Synod Hall
September 27
Quarterly
meeting / ¨Benedict J. Kaiser, architect
¨Rev. Anthony P. Scholz, Pastor of St. Mary Parish, Pine Creek / ¨Architecture in the Pittsburgh Diocese
¨Some Historical Anecdotes concerning the Diocese / Synod Hall
1944
March 20
Quarterly meeting / ¨Rev. Mieceslaw W. Drelak, Pastor of St. Cyprian Parish, North Side / ¨The Contribution of the Polish People to the Development of the Diocese / Synod Hall
May 22
Quarterly meeting / ¨Very Rev. Joseph A. Kushner, Pastor of St. Dominic Parish, Donora / ¨Early Slovak Settlements and Parishes in the Pittsburgh Diocese / Synod Hall
October 8
Quarterly meeting / ¨Rev. Michael J. Hegerich, Pastor of SS. Peter & Paul Parish, East End
¨Rev. Salvatore J. Federici, C.S.Sp. Professor History, Duquesne University / ¨A Conspectus of the Old Cathedral
¨Brief History of Duquesne University / Duquesne University Library
1945
April 23
Quarterly meeting / ¨Sister M. Cornelius Meerwald, R.S.M., historian and Archivist of Sisters of Mercy / ¨The Sisters of Mercy in the Diocese for a Century / St. Joseph’s Hall, Mount Mercy College
October 9
Quarterly meeting & Election of Officers / ¨Rev. Quentin Schaut, O.S.B., Professor of English, Saint Vincent College, Latrobe / ¨The Conversion of Cardinal Newman / Synod Hall
1946
March 15
Quarterly meeting / ¨Rev. Thomas J. Quigley,
Superintendent of Schools, Diocese of Pittsburgh
¨Rev. Paul E. Campbell, former Society President and Pastor of St. Lawrence O’Toole Parish, Garfield
¨George Carver, Litt.D., Professor of English, University of Pittsburgh / ¨Formation of a Historical Honor Society for Catholic High School Students
¨A Resume of the Activities of the Historical Society during the First Five Years of Its Existence
¨John Henry Cardinal Newman / Synod Hall
June 10
Quarterly meeting / ¨Rev. E. Charles Patterson, Assistant Pastor of St. Catherine Church, Beechview
¨Rev. John A. Canova, Society Archivist, Archivist of Diocese of Pittsburgh, and Pastor of St. John the Baptist Parish, Monaca / ¨St. Charles Borromeo and His Role in the Council of Trent
¨Display of Father Canova’s collection of Vatican coins and medals / Synod Hall
September 15
Annual Meeting & Election of Officers / ¨Rev. Felix Fellner, O.S.B.,
Archivist of Saint Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe
¨Rev. Hugh Wilt, O.S.B.,
Professor of History, Saint Vincent College, Latrobe / ¨The Life of Abbot Boniface
¨The History of St. Vincent’s and the Role of the Benedictines in the Religious History of Pennsylvania / St. Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe
December 9
Quarterly meeting / ¨Rev. Anthony M. Benedik, Pastor of St. Cyril Parish, North Side
¨Elizabeth Daflinger,
Society Treasurer and Associate Editor of The Pittsburgh Catholic / ¨Builder Brothers of the Diocese
¨Display of pictures from the Madonna collection / Synod Hall
1947
March 24
Quarterly meeting / ¨Rev. Francis S. Clifford, Pastor of St. Scholastica Parish, Aspinwall / ¨History of St. Alphonsus Church, Murrinsville / Synod Hall
September 29
Annual meeting & Election of Board Members / ¨Rev. James A. Byrne, Pastor of St. Patrick Parish, Brady’s Bend / ¨The Centenary of Catholicity in Brady’s Bend Parish / Synod Hall
December 3 / ¨Msgr. Andrew J. Pauley, Rector of St. Paul Cathedral
¨Rev. Carlo Rossini, C.PP.S., Organist and Choirmaster of St. Paul Cathedral
¨Rev. E. Charles Patterson, Pastor of St. Victor Parish, Bairdford / ¨Solemn Mass
Lecture and Tour of St. Paul Cathedral
¨Choral concert
¨Solemn Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament / St. Paul Cathedral
1948
February 17
Co-sponsored with University Catholic Club / ¨Ross J. S. Hoffman, Ph.D., Chairman of History Dept., Graduate School, Fordham University / ¨The American Republic and Western Christendom / Stephen Foster Memorial, Oakland
May 24
Quarterly meeting / ¨Rev. Stephen C. Gulovich, Ph.D., S.T.D., Chancellor of Greek Rite Diocese of Pittsburgh and Faculty member of Dept. of Philosophy, Duquesne University / ¨Unwanted People / Synod Hall
September 26
Annual meeting & Election of new Board Members / ¨Brother E. Anthony, F.S.C., Principal of Central Catholic High School, Oakland / ¨History of the Christian Brothers
¨Presentation of honorary life membership to Coadjutor Bishop John F. Dearden / Central Catholic High School
1949
May 9
Spring Quarterly meeting / ¨Rev. Justin Krellner, O.S.B., Professor at Saint Vincent College, Latrobe
¨Rev. Augustus O. Reitan, C.S.Sp., Assistant National Director of Holy Childhood Association / ¨The History of the Greek Text of the Bible
¨Technicolor film “Alaska” / Synod Hall
October 8
Quarterly meeting / Rev. Albert H. Waible, C.Ss.R., Vice-postulator of the Cause of Ven. John Neumann, C.Ss.R., fourth bishop of Philadelphia / ¨The Life and Work of Bishop Neumann / Synod Hall
1950
March 9
Quarterly meeting / ¨Very Rev. Matthew H. Meighan, C.Ss.R., Rector of St. Philomena Monastery, Squirrel Hill / ¨The Redemptorists in Western Pennsylvania / Synod Hall
1951
March 1
Quarterly meeting / ¨Rev. Thomas B. Lappan, Pastor of St. Athanasius Church, West View
¨Rev. Augustus O. Reitan, C.S.Sp., Assistant National Director of Holy Childhood Association / ¨The Apostolate of Charity
¨Exhibit of colored pictures of:
(1) Dedication of Society’s Archives &
(2) November 1 ceremonies at St. Mary of Mercy Church / St. Mary of Mercy Church Hall, Downtown
September 24
Annual meeting
election of Directors / ¨Rev. Joseph G. Findlan, Secretary of Catholic Charities / The History and Work of the Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Pittsburgh / St. Paul Cathedral High School
1952
May 22
Quarterly meeting / ¨Rev. Paul E. Campbell,
Pastor of St. Lawrence O’Toole Parish, Garfield / ¨The Secular and Religious History of Pittsburgh / Byzantine Catholic Seminary, North Side
September 24 / ¨Rev. Demetrius Dumm, O.S.B., Professor of Sacred Scripture, Saint Vincent Seminary, Latrobe / ¨The Bible / St Mary of Mercy Church Hall, Downtown
1954
January 24
Quarterly meeting & election of Directors / ¨Augustus O. Reitan, C.S.Sp., Assistant National Director of Holy Childhood Association / ¨Film: Out of the Darkness (Irish/African) / St. Mary of Mercy Church Hall,
Downtown
March 28
Quarterly meeting / ¨Most Rev. Coleman F. Carroll, Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh and Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, Shadyside
¨John O’Connor, Jr., former Assistant Director of the Carnegie Institute, Oakland
¨Rev. Francis A. Glenn, Assistant Pastor of Resurrection Parish, Brookline / ¨Welcome
¨Rev. Thomas O’Connor, C.P.
¨Pius X and the Diocese of Pittsburgh / Sacred Heart School Auditorium, Shadyside
April 30 / ¨Rev. John LaFarge, S.J., Associate Editor of America, New York / ¨The Causes of Social Peace / Synod Hall
October 3
Quarterly meeting / ¨Rev. Francis A. Glenn, Archivist of Diocese of Pittsburgh
¨Rt. Rev. Msgr. Andrew J. Pauley, Rector of St. Paul Cathedral / The Cathedrals of the Diocese of Pittsburgh:
¨First and Second Cathedrals 1843-1903
¨The Present Cathedral / Synod Hall
1955
February 27
Quarterly meeting / ¨Rev. Vincent P. Brennan, Executive Secretary of the Pittsburgh Catholic / ¨Catholic Journalism in Western Pennsylvania 1754-1954 / Duquesne University Library
April 21
First Annual Lambing Lecture / ¨Mason Wade, Director of the Canadian Studies Program and Associate Professor of history, University of Rochester / ¨The French in Western Pennsylvania / Synod Hall
1956
April 17
Second Annual
Lambing Lecture / ¨Ralph A. Klinefelter, Ph.D., Pittsburgh Catholic columnist & former Public Relations Director of Duquesne University / ¨The Catholic Schools in the Pittsburgh Diocese / Synod Hall
1963
October 13 / ¨Rev. E. Charles Patterson, Pastor of Blessed Sacrament Parish, Natrona Heights
¨Msgr. Francis A. Glenn,
Historian, Diocese of Pittsburgh / ¨The Life of Bishop John Neumann
¨Bishop John Neumann / St. Mary Auditorium, St. Mary of Mercy Church
1984
October 21 / ¨Msgr. Francis A. Glenn,
Pastor of St. Paul Parish, Butler / ¨The Early History of the Pittsburgh Diocese, especially the Work of Historian Msgr. A. A. Lambing / Synod Hall
1985
April 21 / ¨Clyde Piquet, Mayor of Industry (Beaver County) / ¨Catholicism in Beaver County
October 6 / ¨Russell Gibbons, Director of Communications for United Steelworkers of America and labor historian / ¨The Common Roots of Religion and Labor
1986
February 2 / ¨Mary Downey James, Master Catechist, Diocese of Pittsburgh & author of CCD history / ¨The History of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine in the Diocese of Pittsburgh
April 20 Lambing Lecture / ¨Msgr. Charles Owen Rice, labor priest and pastor of St. Anne Parish in Castle Shannon / ¨Church and Labor in Western Pennsylvania / Synod Hall
1987
March 19 / Panel:
¨Sr. Anna Mary Gibson, R.S.M., Archivist of Mercy Hospital
¨Rev. Edward F.
McSweeney, Archivist of Diocese of Pittsburgh
¨William Englert, V.P., Allegheny Valley Hospital
¨Blanche G. McGuire, Society Board member / ¨History of Mercy Hospital
¨Record Groups of the Archives of Diocese of Pittsburgh
¨Genealogy
¨Catholic Colonial History of Pennsylvania and Maryland
April 26
Lambing Lecture / ¨Most Rev. William G. Connare, retired Bishop of Greensburg and Administrator of Diocese of Greensburg / ¨Faith Roots in Greensburg – History of the Diocese of Greensburg
October 11 / ¨Lois Calloway, Ph.D. candidate at University of Pittsburgh / ¨Sisters All: Ethnic Diversity and Religious Solidarity / St. Joseph Church, Bloomfield
1988
March / ¨Mary Wohleber, Troy Hill historian / ¨St. Anthony Chapel, Troy Hill
1990
April 22 / ¨Rev. Henry A. Szarnicki, Pastor of Holy Family Parish, Lawrenceville & author of biography of Bishop O’Connor / ¨Bishop O’Connor, First Bishop of Pittsburgh / Duquesne University
October 14 / ¨Sister Cecilia Murphy, R.S.M., Ph.D., Director of Field Education, Saint Vincent Seminary / ¨Bishop Domenec, Second Bishop of Pittsburgh and only Bishop of Allegheny / Synod Hall
1991
March 3 / ¨Msgr. Charles Owen Rice, labor priest and retired Pastor of St. Anne Parish, Castle Shannon / ¨The Role of Catholic Social Teaching in the Formation of the Catholic Radical Alliance / Synod Hall
April 14 / ¨Rev. Cyprian Davis, O.S.B., Professor of Church History, Saint Meinrad Seminary, Indiana / ¨Black Catholics in the United States / Synod Hall
September 21 / ¨Most Rev. James Malone, Bishop of Youngstown / ¨100th Anniversary of Rerum Novarum / Synod Hall
1992
February 29 Co-sponsored with Duquesne U. / ¨Leslie W. Tentler, Ph.D., University of Michigan-Dearborn / Symposium: Sharing the Story: American Catholicism in the 20th Century
¨Handing On What We Received: Church History in Local Context / Mellon Hall, Duquesne University
March 8 / ¨Timothy Kelly, Ph.D., Professor of History, Saint Vincent College, Latrobe / ¨Pageants and Parades, Popular Public Catholic Rituals / Synod Hall
April 26 / ¨ Christopher Lee, collateral descendant of Christopher Columbus & director of the Columbus Chapel, Boalsburg, PA / ¨Christopher Columbus / Synod Hall
October 11 / ¨Rev. John W. Kelly, C.Ss.R.,
Redemptorist Provincialate, Baltimore / ¨St. John Neumann, Parish Priest at Old St. Philomena’s Church 1842-1847