Black Catholic periodicals
...pers and journals related to black Catholics. Among these are the earliest newspapers published by and for the black Catholic community. These newspapers also covered issues relating to the African American community in a broader sense. According to Cyprian Davis, author of The History of Black Catholics in the United
A lengthy and active military career
...largely sick holy people. On Saturday I sent seven Sisters of Charity from New Orleans off on a ship to Santiago...They are yellow fever nurses. O'Reilly to his sister, August 16, 1898, page 1 He continues on the second page: We are moving the troops out of here as fast
Roman Catholic and Archdiocese High Schools
...f construction, on September 6, 1890, a dedication service was held at the newly completed school. In his speech, Archbishop Ryan stressed the importance of the first free Catholic high school in the nation, stating that public schools did “not go far enough in the grand mission of education or
Daughters of Charity Nursed Wounded Civil War Soldiers at West Philadelphia hospital
...ine during the war was an eye-opening experience. The wounds caused by the new and improved artillery met the outdated medical practices of understaffed field hospitals, resulting in an epidemic of needless deaths. Conditions began to improve with the advent of permanent army hospitals like Sattelee, staffed by experiences surgeons