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,
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
Jane and Marianne Campbell: Catholic Feminists
...d family loyalties. For example, in the following letter written from Portsmouth, Rhode Island- which had ratified the 19th amendment several months prior- Jane writes We are staying over here to attend a Jubilee Suffrage meeting, the practical dissolution of the Newport and Bristol Ferry Suffrage Society. The women in
Parish Histories and Calendars
...ncements. Unlike the weekly bulletins, however, the calendars were printed monthly and include much more content, providing parish history information, including reprinted articles and editorials. Parish histories and calendars can prove useful for researchers interested in the history of a parish as well as for those conducting genealogical research. For