Parish Mapping Project
...tion as well as a decrease in the ethnic parishes. In total, 123 parishes closed during the fifty years between the two maps. While the 1971 map is complete and ready to be used by researches, the 1921 and 1871 maps are still being built. These maps have proven more
Victory Mass
...global influence.[7] During the speech, Dougherty declared that “should we lose the war… [the country] will be pounced upon by vultures, which will devour it to the bone.”[8] He continued stating that “we must win, we will win” and that the armed forces risked their “lives in the sacred cause
Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute records, 1870-1950 (MC 26)
...or Catholic men to continue their educational and cultural development beyond formal schooling. The Institute frequently sponsored balls, concerts, theatrical productions, and lecture series. Philopatrians quickly became a significant presence within the city as they became involved in both religious and secular affairs. The collection includes constitutions and by-laws, reports,
Historic Resting Place for Famous and Faithful
...Philadelphia. Katrina survived the yellow fever epidemic that ravaged the city in 1793. Fear of the fever was so great that survivors sought protection even from the dead. For sanitary reasons, over 2,600 loads of earth were spread over the surface of Old St. Mary’s Cemetery, raising the burial ground.