In Her Own Right: Jane and Marianne Campbell

...part of the In Her Own Right project through PACSCL, we have been able to digitize the correspondence of Marianne and Sarah Jane (referred to as Jane) Campbell. As discussed in a past blog post, the sisters were actively involved in the suffragist movement in the late 1800s and early

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Papal Infallibility

...irmed that Pius was speaking ex cathedra) and the second on was Pope Pius XII’s 1950 declaration of Mary’s Assumption into heaven. [1] Decrees and Canons of the Vatican Council, (1870), P001.1498, 13, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8255. [2] Ibid., 14. [3] Ibid., 24. [4] Ibid., 28. [5] Ibid., 30-31. [6] Michael Domenec, “Papal

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Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute

...s, it bought its first building on Locust Street, had 500 members, and acquired over 1,500 books.[6] Women's Auxiliary luncheon at the Penn Mutual Building with John Cardinal Krol, guest speaker, 11/17/1980, Halvey 189B In addition to its educational mission, the group also had a focus on charity work. The

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Josephine Walsh (center) on her way to Europe, July 1900

A “petulant girl”?: Josephine Walsh’s diaries

...y forever. He told me that if I left home – I would be like the woman who tired of one husband and sought another. He told me to be a real – a real woman, and not a petulant girl. I pestered him with letters full of my dissatisfactions

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