Daughters of Charity Nursed Wounded Civil War Soldiers at West Philadelphia hospital

...han the officers, sharing just four eating utensils reserved for officers' use. The chapel was so small that some sisters had to exit the room so others could enter and receive Holy Communion. Satterlee Hospital became a self-contained city when a tent city was built on the grounds in 1863.

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Marian Year

...ntal Church held on October 22, 1954. The congress was a joint celebration between the Exarchate of the Byzantine Rite, the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Ceremonies and Masses would be held at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, the Cathedral Basilica of

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James F. Connelly papers, 1790-1974 (MC 67)

...Pennsylvania, 1832-1979 and The visit of Archbishop Gaetano Bedini to the United States of America, June 1853-February 1854. Connelly also edited The History of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, published in 1976. He also contributed articles to the New Catholic Encyclopedia. Connelly served as the first full-time secretary to Cardinal Krol.

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Victory Mass

...n the sacred cause of religion and civilization.”[9] This is important because it frames the war not simply as defending against an aggressor but rather as a just war preventing the destruction of humanity. SB-36; CHRC After Dougherty gave his speech, he was followed by Most Reverend Hugh Lamb, Auxiliary

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