Starting from Scratch: The Story of Msgr. Hawks and St. Joan of Arc Parish

...building was a risky matter, since the lower floor was actually fallen in places and the cellar was full of vermin. When Mother Isador of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary called to see me with reference to the future school she happened to notice this wretched building.

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Neumann Canonization

...d Mass before 30,000 people as they honored the memory of the city’s new saint. Halvey_A984_005 Halvey_A984_011 Halvey_A984_018   ← 41st International Eucharistic Congress Papal Visit →...

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Portrait photograph of Robert M. O'Reilly, circa 1870

A lengthy and active military career

...y dull moments during his career as it coincided with several national and international wars and conflicts. O'Reilly's career began in 1862 when he interrupted his medical studies at the University of Pennsylvania to enlist as a medical cadet during the Civil War. A good deal of correspondence in the

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Robert M. O’Reilly papers, 1862-1925 (MC 34)

...units during the Spanish-American War. He also served as a delegate at the International Conference for the Revision of the Geneva Convention in Geneva in 1906. During his time as surgeon general, O’Reilly made significant improvements by elevating the status and personnel of the army medical corps and furthering medical

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