The Other Drexel: Louise Drexel Morrell
...from God and would spend her days answering correspondence from the large number of charities she helped support and overseeing the affairs of St. Joseph’s and St. Emma’s Industrial Schools. When not working she would toil in her greenhouse or walk the grounds of her estate. During the depression she
Digital Collections
Digital Collections CHRC has a large number of items that have been digitized through various digitization projects, partnerships, patron research requests, and social media initiatives. We endeavor to provide standardized descriptive practices and open access to this growing collection over the web. CHRC's Omeka site features a growing set of
CORDUM
...n expanding the apostolate in the inner-city areas. The work of CORDUM was guided by various documents, most of which came from the Second Vatican Council, such as Gaudium et Spes (The Church in the Modern World), Apostolicam Actuositatem (Apostolate of the Laity), and Ad Gentes (Mission Activity). In the
Eden Hall
...building. For 122 years, Eden Hall stood to educate girls from around the world. However, due to financial troubles, the school and convent closed in 1969. A few years later in 1976, wishing to protect the land from residential real-estate, Joseph C. Fleuhr Sr. bought the area and leased it