Historic Anti-Catholic Cartoons
...America’s Protestant culture was at risk. ← Cartooning Catholics Thomas Nast →...
Philadelphia’s Third Archbishop
...parish schools were erected, especially ethnic parishes for the increasing number of southern Italian and Eastern European immigrants. Three Italian parishes in the city alone, including St. Nicholas of Tolentine, Our Lady of Pompeii, and Our Lady of Consolation, were established during Prendergast’s brief tenure. St. Nicholas of Tolentine
The Centennial Fountain
...George's Hill (note the single statue on the left pedestal) https://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/item/2278 As the centennial year and the exhibition came to close, the fountain still remained unfinished. It would not be until March of 1877 that the
The Other Drexel: Louise Drexel Morrell
...from God and would spend her days answering correspondence from the large number of charities she helped support and overseeing the affairs of St. Joseph’s and St. Emma’s Industrial Schools. When not working she would toil in her greenhouse or walk the grounds of her estate. During the depression she