Medical Mission Sisters
...religious sisters were not allowed to practice medicine or obstetrics.[4] Due to this, when the sisters formed they had to take private instead of public vows and were not considered a full religious order. Despite this setback, the sisters found an ally in Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia, who was taken
Parish Mapping Project
...he neighboring counties. View the 1971 parish boundary map here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1kAuttxjUNIOTogr05zzDB31kB9gq4myC&usp=sharing View the 1921 parish boundary map here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=12hZun1-1hUN1DowqK7ICETiiYl4dIndo&usp=sharing View the 1891 parish boundary map here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1Yhysl8mMehtqFoBYKT5_WX0uHKT4O-pB&usp=sharing Archives Archives Select Month May 2024 Apr...
Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic Church
...king Halted In Philadelphia,” New York Times, (August 5, 1973), 49, http://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/05/archives/wrecking-halted-in-philadelphia-chinatown-families-protest.html [9] Letter from Cardinal Krol to Governor Shapp, June 8, 1973, Cardinal Krol Collection, Box 162a. [10] Mary Yee, “The Save Chinatown Movement: Surviving Against All Odds,” Pennsylvania Legacies (May 2012), https://hsp.org/sites/default/files/attachments/save_chinatown_moveme...
Catabloging
...off since then as evidenced by the fact that pretty much any archives' website, including ours, includes a blog section where researchers and fellow archivists can find frequent and enlightening posts on a variety of topics. At a more recent DVAG meeting, I was introduced to another form of outreach