Daughters of Charity Nursed Wounded Civil War Soldiers at West Philadelphia hospital
...holds a copy of a diary kept by a Daughter of Charity at the hospital from 1862 to 1865. References: Smith, Sara Trainer, ed. "Notes on Satterlee Military Hospital...from the journal kept at the hospital by a Sister of Charity." Records of the American Catholic Historical Society 8, no. 4
Black Catholic periodicals
...publication. PAHRC also has a single issue of The Catholic Herald (February 18, 1905) which was published in Washington D.C. I have not been able to find any information about this publication. The paper was given official approbation by James Cardinal Gibbons and describes itself as “The only colored Catholic
Digitizing the Halvey Photograph Collection, Step One
...he collection contains negatives from the entirety of Halvey’s career, from 1935 to 1999. These images capture presidents, popes, entertainers, as well as everyday participants in Philadelphia Catholic life. In addition to photos taken for The Catholic Standard and Times there are photos taken for organizations and schools such as
St. Peter Claver
...been a growing need for a dedicated ministry for some time. Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, Black Catholics did not have a church of their own but rather attended Mass at various churches in the city, such as Old St. Joe’s, Old St. Mary’s, and Holy Trinity.[2] It was