Recap of “To Touch a Saint: Creating a Place for Middle School Students” Grant Program!
...dy of Ransom School, had 572 seventh and eighth grade students visit. This number does not include the teachers, principals, or priests that accompanied them. During their visit, they had an interactive and hands on learning experience, toured the facility, met our Archivists, viewed current exhibits, and saw archival collections.
Friendly and Adopted Sons
...ber ad indinitum [forever].”[3] Quarterly meetings were held at a rotating number of taverns in Philadelphia, including the City Tavern. However, no meetings were held during the occupation of the city by the British during the Revolution.[4] The Friendly Sons, despite being a social group, took a definite stance on
Alliance of Catholic Women
...er notable part of the Alliance was its focus on education. This took on a number of different forms over the years. In 1920 with its first major program, the ACW established an endowment to fund scholarships to the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.[6] Named after an early member, the
Misericordia Hospital
...ergast would live to see the completion of the hospital that they was so influential in building, having passed away in July of 1916 and February of 1918 respectively.[8] Misericordia had a quiet two days after opening before the first patient, a Ms. Bridget Murry, was admitted into the hospital.