Philadelphia’s First Bishop
...adelphia. During these outbreaks, over half the city residents fled to the country, and churches and gathering places were nearly empty. Streets were piled high with coffins awaiting burial, and cries of “bring out your dead” echoed through the city. Bishop Egan’s weakened physical state may have contributed to some
Day of Great Joy: Sisters of St. Joseph in Philadelphia
...hiladelphia because it was on that day after weeks of traveling across the country from St. Louis, the Sisters of St. Joseph arrived to take control of St. John’s Orphanage.[1] Bishop Kenrick had learned of the Sisters when visiting his brother who was Bishop of St. Louis. After pleading with
Thomas Nast Anti-Catholic Cartoons
...at Catholicism by destroying public schools will destroy the future of the country. Additionally, in the background of the cartoon, an image of the Vatican with both the papal and Irish flags flying as well as a building titled “the political Roman Catholic school,” reveal the origins of these threats
Education
...s in ruins. Nast believed that Catholicism was attacking the future of the country by destroying public schools. “Tilden’s “Wolf at the Door, Gaunt and Hungry.” Don’t let him in,” September 16, 1876 Here a wolf with a papal and Democratic Party collar is trying to force its way into