Roman Catholic and Archdiocese High Schools
...bs. By 1964 there were 26 high schools in the archdiocese with over 60,000 students.[12] Roman Catholic students, 1990, Halvey collection 174H However, as the schools expanded, the growing lack of priests and religious meant more lay teachers were needed to fill the gaps. As the costs to run the
Research guide for parish histories
...descriptions of consultors meetings. The Diocesan consultors are a certain number of priests in each diocese of the United States who act as official advisers of the bishop in certain matters pertaining to the administration of the diocese. Information relating to parishes usually consists of votes on a request to
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,