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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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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Influenza Pandemic and the Sisters

...enza Epidemic in 1918,” National Archives and Records Administration, https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/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...

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Irish Catholics and Secret Societies

...mbating it. [1] Brain O’Higgins, What happened on St. Patrick's Day, 1858? : What was the I.R.B.? : Who were the Fenians?, (Dublin: Iris Teoin, 1958), P012.0924, 15. [2] H.T. Crown & Mark Major, A Guide to the Molly Maguires, (Pottsville: 1995), P008.076, 5. [3] Proceedings of the Senate and

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