Misericordia Hospital
...-phila.org/items/show/6863 The Hospital was dedicated on June 9, 1918 by Bishop McCort, who declared that “on this glorious day, the dreams of years are realized and sacrifices untold have their reward.[7] Unfortunately, neither Mother Patricia nor Archbishop Prendergast would live to see the completion of the hospital that they was
Historic Anti-Catholic Cartoons
...pal infallibility (the belief that the pope cannot be wrong in matters of faith), raised concerns that Catholics owed allegiance first to the Church and not to the United States. The increasing number of Catholic immigrants, most notably from Ireland, led many to believe that America’s Protestant culture was at
Digital Collections
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The Bishop’s Bank
...ood, took over management. When a similar bank in Cincinnati failed, Archbishop Wood decided to liquidate the Bishop's Bank. However, confidence in the bank was so great that depositors refused to withdraw their money, even after Wood ordered that no interest be paid. The bank continued in this way until