Eden Hall
...e Religious stood with lighted candles in front of their building. For 122 years, Eden Hall stood to educate girls from around the world. However, due to financial troubles, the school and convent closed in 1969. A few years later in 1976, wishing to protect the land from residential real-estate,
Edward F. Hawks papers, 1900-1952 (MC 15)
...ed Catholics. Hawks was a well-known writer and lecturer. For more than 30 years, he wrote a column on current events for the diocesan paper The Catholic Standard and Times. From 1936-1938, after becoming a domestic prelate, he toured Spain to gather accounts of the Civil War for his column.
Day of Great Joy: Sisters of St. Joseph in Philadelphia
...eph hospital at the instance of Bishop Kenrick and ran the hospital for 10 years.[10] Due to their work there, they were called upon to act as nurses during the Civil War, serving at a field hospital near Harrisburg and on two hospital ships.[11] One of their most famous times