Medical Mission Sisters

...hrc-phila.org/items/show/7369 [1] “History,” Medical Missions Sisters, http://www.medicalmissionsisters.org/history/. [2] Margaret Mary Reher, "Denis J. Dougherty and Anna M. Dengel: The Missionary Alliance." Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia 101, no. 1/2 (1990): 22. [3] Lou Baldwin, “At Motherhouse in Fox Chase: Medical Mission Sisters Celebrate 70 years,” http://catholicphilly.com/2009/10/news/at-motherhouse-in-...

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Catholics in WWII

...Cardinal Dougherty fromCaptain Harry Boylan, 05/28/1945, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8233 One of the main pieces of correspondence from soldiers is between Cardinal Dougherty and his grandnephew, Harry Boylan. The letters cover Boylan’s time from basic training to the end of the war. Many of the letters deal with family matters or Dougherty giving

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A Brief History of the Growing Pains of the Church in Philadelphia

...stine Friend, “Philadelphia’s First Bishop,” CHRC (February 22, 2010), http://www.chrc-phila.org/philadelphias-first-bishop/. [7] Martin I. J. Griffin, “Life of Bishop Conwell,” Records of the American Catholic History Society of Philadelphia, vol. 25, no. 2 (June, 1914), 160. [8] Martin I. J. Griffin, “Life of Bishop Conwell,” 161. [9] Thomas Rzeznik, “Roman Catholic

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41st International Eucharistic Congress

...c-phila.org/items/show/8122. [11] Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl, https://www.crsricebowl.org/about/ricebowl-faq. [12] MC 80, 100.463: Congress Hymn: Gift of Finest Wheat, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8120. [13] The 41st IEC: A History, 121. Archives Archives Select Month March 2024 January 2024 November 2023 October 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022

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