Eleanor C. Donnelly papers. 1873-1905 (MC 48)

...newspapers, and served as editor of the Augustinian magazine, “Our Lady of Good Counsel.” This collection contains correspondence, largely from priests and Bishops throughout the United States in answer to her requests for facsimiles of episcopal seals. Also included is an autograph book containing signatures of American Confederate prisoners of

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

...te “to be a pastor is the dearest ambition of almost every priest, to be a good pastor is to reach the greatest glory of the priesthood” The first issue for Hawks was the name of his new parish: “The parish was yet unmade. For me there was only one

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Mathew Carey

...hesapeake Rivers as well as the unpopular view that a centralized bank was good for American credit.[11] P001.0150, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8228. As an Irish Catholic, Mathew Carey was deeply involved with both groups in the city of Philadelphia. He acted as the president of a society for the protection of Catholic orphans

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Fundraisers

...d at getting parishioners to contribute to fundraisers. They often showed the parish fighting off a caricature of its debt. The Handsome Hand-Sum, St. Anne Parish, April 17, 1920 Real Leaf, House of the Good Shepherd, November 20, 1921 The Score Board, St. Mary Phoenixville, March 3, 1917 Jerry Doyle,

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