Historic Anti-Catholic Cartoons

...sk. ← Cartooning Catholics Thomas Nast →...

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Friendly and Adopted Sons

...: with biographical notices of some of the members, and extracts from the minutes, (Philadelphia: The Hibernian Society, 1844), P001.0487 [4] Ibid. [5] List of Members, P001.2003. [6] John H. Campbell, History of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick and of the Hibernian Society for the Relief of Emigrants from

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Research Request Forms

...ined through the CHRC. All records after 1945 must be obtained from the individual parishes including those in the city of Philadelphia and the surrounding counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery. Please note that we cannot certify sacramental records. Certified copies must come from the parish where the sacrament

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Influenza Pandemic and the Sisters

...ncent de Paul to aid the victims of the flu.[5] The sisters of numerous religious orders across the city would play an indispensable role in fighting the flu. Throughout the course of the flu, over 2,000 nuns, about two-thirds of all sisters in the archdiocese, helped care for the sick,

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