Higher, Faster, Stronger: The Olympics
...le sculls), 1928 Amsterdam, Gold Bernard “Benny” McLaughlin – Soccer, 1948 London Tyler Nase – Rowing (Mens four), 2008 Beijing Lisa Raymond – Tennis, 2008 Beijing, Gold Joseph Verdeur – Swimming (200m Breaststroke), 1948 London, Gold Archives Archives Select Month July 2024 May 2024 April 2024
Research guide for parish histories
...descriptions of consultors meetings. The Diocesan consultors are a certain number of priests in each diocese of the United States who act as official advisers of the bishop in certain matters pertaining to the administration of the diocese. Information relating to parishes usually consists of votes on a request to
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,
Philadelphia’s First Bishop
...rgest city in North America. While under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of London, attempts were made to create a diocese with a resident bishop, but colonial priests discouraged this effort. Fearful of re-igniting fierce anti-Catholic sentiment, and concerned about the public duties required of a bishop, American colonial priests