In Her Own Right: Jane and Marianne Campbell

...ce, Art, 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

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Medical Mission Sisters

...Celebrate 70 years,” http://catholicphilly.com/2009/10/news/at-motherhouse-in-fox-chase-medical-mission-sisters-celebrate-70-years/. [4] Christine Schenk, “Becoming a Worldwide Church with Members Who Love One Another,” https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/simply-spirit/becoming-worldwide-church-members-who-love-one-another. [5] Reher,"Denis J. Dougherty and Anna M. Dengel," 23. [6] ibid., 23. [7] “History,” Medical Missions Sisters. [8] Francis P. Go...

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Catholics in WWII

...Cardinal Dougherty fromCaptain Harry Boylan, 05/28/1945, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8233 One of the main pieces of correspondence from soldiers is between Cardinal Dougherty and his grandnephew, Harry Boylan. The letters cover Boylan’s time from basic training to the end of the war. Many of the letters deal with family matters or Dougherty giving

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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

...ard. Gibbons laying cornerstone for Immaculate Conception/National Shrine 9-23-1920; CHRC Finally on September 23, 1920, seven years after papal approval, the cornerstone was laid down and blessed before a crowd of 10,000.[11] The ceremony was presided by Cardinal James Gibbons of Baltimore, with representatives from the United States government, including

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