Medical Mission Sisters
...ile Dengel saw the use of trained religious sisters as filling the void in India and other countries to care for the sick, there was a major problem. According to Catholic canon law, religious sisters were not allowed to practice medicine or obstetrics.[4] Due to this, when the sisters formed
Catholics in WWII
...stant chaplains.[6] O’Hara’s letter also included a list breaking down the number of chaplains from each diocese, in which Philadelphia had the second most with 51. As the war continued that number would increase to 68, unfortunately eight of those Philadelphia priests would die in the war, the most of
Higher, Faster, Stronger: The Olympics
...le sculls), 1928 Amsterdam, Gold Bernard “Benny” McLaughlin – Soccer, 1948 London Tyler Nase – Rowing (Mens four), 2008 Beijing Lisa Raymond – Tennis, 2008 Beijing, Gold Joseph Verdeur – Swimming (200m Breaststroke), 1948 London, Gold Archives Archives Select Month July 2024 May 2024 April 2024
Black Catholic periodicals
...the 19th century. In November 1889, a number of prominent men (the actual number is not known) gathered in Baltimore for the first black Catholic lay congress in the country’s history. The emergence of this community was largely due to the efforts of Daniel Rudd, the “leading Catholic representative of