Catholic Interracial Council
...arge, S.J.[1] LaFarge hoped that local chapters would be opened across the country to meet the needs of each individual diocese. This grassroots style structure would then work within the Catholic Church to achieve social justice.[2] The first such group in Philadelphia was founded three years later in 1937 also
Day of Great Joy: Sisters of St. Joseph in Philadelphia
...af and blind.[3] As the order was mainly focused on education, the sisters opened their first school in the Diocese of Philadelphia in Pottstown the following year in 1848.[4] Senses from Mount St. Joseph Once arriving in Philadelphia, the sisters lived in the orphanage until Bishop Nuemann arranged for them
Robert M. O’Reilly, Surgeon General
...of Pennsylvania. After graduating in 1866 he served in the army around the country and was continually promoted to higher ranking positions. The actual certificates are large in scale, below is a letter congratulating O'Reilly on his new position as Assistant Surgeon. Letter from War Department, August 5, 1867 Letter
Education
...s in ruins. Nast believed that Catholicism was attacking the future of the country by destroying public schools. “Tilden’s “Wolf at the Door, Gaunt and Hungry.” Don’t let him in,” September 16, 1876 Here a wolf with a papal and Democratic Party collar is trying to force its way into