Newman Centers

...holics attending University of Pennsylvania, which was greater than the total number of students attending the five local Catholic Colleges.[5] It should be noted that at this time two different Catholic organizations operated at the University of Pennsylvania. First was the Catholic Student’s Organization Committee (replaced the defunct Newman Club),

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The Bishop’s Bank

...e story of the Bishop's Bank is not just the history of an institution but also of its individual depositors. The Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center holds the ledgers and journals of the Bishop's bank. The ledger books contain the individual accounts for each depositor, and serve as a rich

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Elizabeth Sarah Kite and the Seminaries of France

...returned by this post under other cover." However, a subsequent letter reveals that Kite’s appeal struck an emotional chord in Heuser: "Miss Elizabeth S. Kite. My dear Miss Kite, Your note explaining the occasion of the communication for which you ask space in the E.R. cannot, of course, leave me

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Nuclear War

...udsen, “First Robin?” 1971 Knudsen compares the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) to a robin announcing the thaw of winter. Beginning with negotiations in 1969, SALT resulted in an agreement to limit the number of ballistic missiles held by the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. Wolf, “Which Way?” December 15, 1953

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