In Her Own Right: Jane and Marianne Campbell

...t, Education and Politics, Vol 3 No. 1, Apr. 1894, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8135 Women’s Progress featured a wide range of topics, from suffrage movements around the country to publishing poetry and stories. The journal began each issue by highlighting the work of a woman activist, author, educator, or scientist. This section called

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41st International Eucharistic Congress

...Report to the Board of Governors, August 16, 1967, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8121. [2] MC 80, 100.2792: Letter to James Cardinal Knox from John Cardinal Krol, March 7, 1975, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8125. [3] MC 80, 100.2580: 41st International Eucharistic Congress Official Program, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8124. [4] MC 80, 100.2580: 41st International Eucharistic Congress Official Program. [5] The

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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

...to be on the campus of The Catholic University of America in Washington D.C., which Msgr. Shahan was the rector of at the time. Shahan’s desire for the building of the shrine stemmed from the large Marian devotion during the 20th century as well as from a desire in raising

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Medical Mission Sisters

...e Ulbrich from the Medical Mission Sisters http://www.medicalmissionsisters.org/history/ The Medical Mission Sisters are an important religious order that seeks to aid the poor around the world. They were founded by Doctor Anna Dengel on September 30, 1925 and the first three to join were Doctor Joanna Lyons, Mary Evelyn Flieger,

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