Alliance of Catholic Women

...ance continued its charitable work in the archdiocese until 2000, when the organization ceased to exist.[13] [1] Constitution and By-Law: The Alliance of Catholic Women of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, MC78-80.153. [2] Promotion Committee Report, 03/28/1934, MC78-80.154. [3] The Alliance Advocate, (Philadelphia: Alliance of Catholic Women, April 1926), 15. [4]

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National Council of Catholic Women

...venir 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 Anne Sarachon Hooley, 9/28/1934 [3] MC78_80.7258, National Council pf Cahtolic Women: What it is, Why it is, What it does [4] MC78_80.7527, Letter to Gertrude

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Herman Joseph Heuser Papers

...Heuser served as the editor of the American Ecclesiastical Review from 1889-1927, with a brief interruption from 1914-1919 when Reverend William Turner served as editor. In addition to the AER he published The Dolphin, a supplemental Catholic literary magazine, from 1900-1908. He was ordained on February 2, 1876 becoming a

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The Bishop’s Bank

...hi." Written underneath is, "The depositor is dead. John McCue, his brother-in-law, is appointed guardian of Hughes daughter Ann-14 years". John Hughes' entry in Bishop's Bank Ledger, 1864 Mark Frenaye managed the bank until September 23, 1857, when Bishop Wood, who had been a bank clerk before entering the priesthood,

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