1832 Cholera Outbreak in Philadelphia and Duffy’s Cut
...-stricken patients in that Hospital. Four others of the Sisters gave their services in other hospitals…priests proved their character and their strong virtues, caring for the sick in the exercise of the sacred ministry; while non-Catholic ministers generally fled from the city.” Excerpt from Kenrick's diary, September 22, 1832 Kenrick
Influenza Pandemic and the Sisters
...isters with the Pennsylvania Department of Heath stating that “without the serviced rendered by these good women many additional lives would have been sacrificed.”[12] The mayor of Philadelphia echoed similar sentiment in a letter declaring that “I have never seen a greater demonstration of real charity or self-sacrifice than has
Nuclear War
...ning 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 Wolf questions whether mankind will chose the path that leads to peace or the one that leads to nuclear war.
Carmelite Monastery
...ladelphia from Boston in order to establish a monastery. Recently, a large number of Philadelphians had applied to enter the Boston Carmel, so the community saw the City of Brotherly Love as a new home for the contemplative order. They were accompanied by Mother Beatrix of the Holy Spirit (Camilla