Influenza Pandemic and the Sisters
...- Feb. 12, 1920, Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. [7] Francis Edward Tourscher, Work of the Sisters during the epidemic of influenza, October, 1918, (Philadelphia: American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, 1919), 3-6. [8] Ibid., 7. [9] Ibid., 21. [10] Ibid., 24. [11] Ibid., 26 &
Bishop Francis Kenrick and His Journals
...in Kentucky for the next nine years. It was after attending the First Provincial Council of Baltimore in 1829 that Kenrick began his work in Philadelphia. During his twenty years in the city, Kenrick supported the building of asylums for young boys and girls and dozens of new churches throughout
Daughters of Charity Nursed Wounded Civil War Soldiers at West Philadelphia hospital
...erved both Catholics and non-Catholics within the Philadelphia community since the establishment of the Diocese of Philadelphia two centuries ago. These women, who have and who continue to devote their lives to the betterment of society have played a pivotal role in social work, education and medicine. As we begin
Archbishop Ryan
...Jubilee of the Most Reverend Patrick John Ryan, D.D., LL.D. Archbishop of Philadelphia, (Philadelphia: St. Dominic’s Rectory, 1897), 215. [4] Cowley, Silver Jubilee, 215. [5] Kirlin, Golden Jubilee, 12. [6] Kirlin, Golden Jubilee, 32 & 34. [7] Ryan, His Life and Times, 172 [8] “Dedication of The Roman Catholic High