Influenza Pandemic and the Sisters
...ss the city included Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus, Sisters of the Immaculate Heart, Sisters of Saint Joseph, Sisters of Mercy, and Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. SB-10, April 7, 1917- Feb. 12, 1920, CHRC An account from an IHM nun recalls entering houses and finding entire families
St. Peter Claver
...entually grew so that the parish joined the Archconfraternity of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, a society started in France in 1836. Within a few years, there were over 10,000 members in Philadelphia.[9] The shrine itself was modeled off the original church in France and the statues were imported from
Philadelphia’s Third Archbishop
...parish schools were erected, especially ethnic parishes for the increasing number of southern Italian and Eastern European immigrants. Three Italian parishes in the city alone, including St. Nicholas of Tolentine, Our Lady of Pompeii, and Our Lady of Consolation, were established during Prendergast’s brief tenure. St. Nicholas of Tolentine
Cardinal Dougherty and His Golden Jubilee
...Philippines until 1916 when he became the Bishop of Buffalo.[6] Two years later, Dougherty returned to Philadelphia when he was named its 4th Archbishop, following the death of Archbishop Prendergast. He would be made the fourth American-born Cardinal three years later on February 13, 1921.[7] One of Dougherty’s main goals