Elizabeth Sarah Kite and the Seminaries of France
...al Review here) and entreated Americans of any faith to come to the aid of France: Yet may we not hope that the generous spirit of the American clergy and people who are…so largely indebted to the priesthood of France, and that under many more titles than that of their
World War One Army Chaplains
...chbishop Prendergast in 1906, Father Wolfe served as assistant pastor to a number of parishes including St. Patrick’s and Assumption B.V.M.[4] When the United States entered World War I, Father Wolfe applied to be an army chaplain, being first assigned to Camp Meade in Maryland. In May 1918, he was
Research guide for parish histories
...c. Advertisements often provide information on the local businesses in the parish. Parish calendars are accessible through CHRC's online catalog. League of the White Cross (theatrical society), St. Patrick, Philadelphia, circa 1900 St. Mary's Beneficial & Charitable Society, St. Peter Claver, circa 1961 Scrapbook Collection, 1864-1970 This collection contains newspaper
Daughters of Charity Nursed Wounded Civil War Soldiers at West Philadelphia hospital
...hospital in a single month. The following month of August saw the greatest number of deaths in any one month, averaging at least one per day. In just one year, patients consumed more than 800,000 pounds of bread, 16,000 pounds of butter and 334,000 quarts of milk. During the war,