Benedict Club: A Home Away From Home
...s,” showing that Benedict Club was successful in raising the morale of the servicemen who visited.[12] Some members of the Morale Corps Aides In addition to the nightly events, the club would offer other services. When it opened at noon, it would often have a line of men waiting to
National Council of Catholic Women
...States. The NCCW original mottos were “For God and County” and “Faith and Service,” both of which shine through its long and continued history. [1] Souvenir of the Tenth Annual Convention, National Council Catholic Women, 1920-1930, September 28-October 1, Denver, Colorado, P008.900 [2] MC78_80.7527, Letter to Dennis Cardinal Dougherty from
Daughters of Charity Nursed Wounded Civil War Soldiers at West Philadelphia hospital
...e the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, one example of this service that should be highlighted is the work of the Daughters of Charity (formerly Sisters of Charity) at Satterlee Military Hospital. The sisters ministered to thousands of wounded and dying Civil War soldiers from 1862
Misericordia Hospital
...re trained at Misericordia.[14] Misericordia Hospital: One-Half Century of Service, 1918-1968, (1968), 17. In 1967 plans were made to merge the running of Misericordia with Fitzgerald Mercy, a hospital in Delaware County run by the Sisters of Mercy. One of the major goals of the merger was to increases and