Lawrence Francis Flick papers, 1889-1930 (MC 18)

...ociety for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, to educate the public and founded White Haven Sanitarium in 1901. Having a great interest in history, Flick was one of the founders of the American Catholic Historical Society (ACHS) and served as its president for a time. He also helped found the American

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National Council of Catholic Women

...Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. October 7, 1931 During Cardinal O’Hara’s time as archbishop, Philadelphia still remained separate from the NCCW; however, he was more receptive to the group and often wrote of his admiration for their work.[9] Indeed, under O’Hara local groups were able to join regardless of the official

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Priest and Rosary Calm Tension – Oral History Interview

...ead of the Police Department’s Civil Affairs Unit), would call me. And one time we were up there and I had to bring in Spanish priests you know. And they were good. They’d come out, you know and we decided that one way of calming the situation down was to

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Education

...cle Sam banishes a nun from a school to a convent. Nast’s anti-Catholic sentiment was made even clearer by the use of the Shakespeare quote that the nun, representing the Church, makes monsters out of men. “Beware,” July 3, 1875 Lady Liberty protects the public schools from two Roman Catholic

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