Research guide for parish histories
...Pennsylvania. Inquiries on parishes outside of Pennsylvania can be made by phone or e-mail. Some material for parishes outside of Pennsylvania may be found in the General Pamphlet Collection which can be searched through our web site. The Parish History Collection and General Pamphlet Collection are accessible through our online
Irish Land War
...ations. Possibly the most famous tactic used was boycotting: landlords and people who opposed the league were socially ostracized, and people refused to work or sell produce to landlords and their supporters. Many of the pamphlets I’ve come across were either published by or discuss the Irish National Land League;
Eucharistic Congress
...and Paul to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which was attended by 350,000 people. Another feature of the Congress was Peoples of the World Day, where 22 different ethic Masses were held, ranging from Armenian to Korean, with 40,000 attending the Irish Mass held on the grounds of St. Charles
Daughters of Charity Nursed Wounded Civil War Soldiers at West Philadelphia hospital
...hospital in a single month. The following month of August saw the greatest number of deaths in any one month, averaging at least one per day. In just one year, patients consumed more than 800,000 pounds of bread, 16,000 pounds of butter and 334,000 quarts of milk. During the war,