Monsignor Hugh J. Nolan

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

...nce the house lay on a high hill overlooking most of Wissahickon.[7] A few months after arriving, the academy opened with 20 students who also lived in the mansion. As the school grew, a separate building would be constructed in 1875 and by 1883 there were 75 students with the

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An “Un-American Invention”?: Catholics and the Issue of Prohibition

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Interesting film history finds in the Parish Calendar collection

...led "Faith of an Actress" is from St. Cyril's (East Lansdowne, Pa.) Parish Monthly Calendar dating from July of 1939. The article is about a Catholic actress named Elinor Flynn who was in movies during the late 1920s and 1930s. Although the article says Flynn appeared in 39 films, she

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