Influenza Pandemic and the Sisters

...bits/influenza-epidemic/. [2] “1918 Flu Pandemic,” History, (2010), http://www.history.com/topics/1918-flu-pandemic; “1918 Influenza Epidemic Records,” Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, http://www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/Research-Online/Pages/1918-Influenza-Epidemic.aspx. [3] Letter from Archbishop Dougherty dated Oct 4th 1918. SB-10, April 7, 1917- Feb. 12, 1920, Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. [4]...

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Priest and Rosary Calm Tension – Oral History Interview

...ad a priest say a rosary in the vernacular in Spanish and then things would---and I still remember—one guy said, “All right, we know you’re a policeman because the kind of belt you’re wearing.” (laughter) I remember then a bottle going zoom—right past my ears. Things were getting panicky, you

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...demic - Catholic institutional development during a period of immense brick-and-mortar growth - Catholic reactions to women’s suffrage, prohibition, and other political issues of the period - Catholic responses to renewed Nativism and anti-immigrant sentiment - Catholic community life and social engagement among diverse communities This most recent grant from

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Recently Processed Collection: John Gilmary Shea Correspondence

...of the Catholic Missions Among the Indian Tribes of the United States, 1529-1854 (1854), An Elementary History of the United States (1855), and A School History of the United States (1855). Shea was very passionate about his life as a scholar; so much so that over the next four decades,

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