Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute

...holic school system. Over the next twenty years the Institute continued to move locations as it needed more space. In the 1870s, it bought its first building on Locust Street, had 500 members, and acquired over 1,500 books.[6] Women's Auxiliary luncheon at the Penn Mutual Building with John Cardinal Krol,

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Centennial Exposition

...atues of Moses, Archbishop Carroll, Charles Carroll, Father Mathew, and Commodore Barry. Among the exhibits, the Vatican had sent art and artifacts to be displayed in Memorial Hall, including mosaics of the Madonna and a tapestry of St. Agnes.[12] Other countries brought Catholic art, such as Spain’s display of the

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Day of Great Joy: Sisters of St. Joseph in Philadelphia

...field hospital near Harrisburg and on two hospital ships.[11] One of their most famous times in the medical field was during the Spanish Flu pandemic. During the outbreak in November 1918, the sisters served in five emergency makeshift hospitals and five regular hospitals, as well as going house to house

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Catholic Interracial Council

...man Anti-Defamation League, 10/7/1959, 1999.047 Box 10 Folder McGarry Testimonial Dinner, 1959 [19] Notes from La Farge Papers, 1999.047 Box 11 folder CIC 1963 [20] Krol collection Box 24C Cardinal's Commission on Human Relations.   Archives Archives Select Month July 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 January 2024 November

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