Carmelite Monastery
...neers, the nuns looked west and found a home across the Schuylkill River at 44th and Spruce Streets. The location had once been part of the Satterlee Hospital, a hospital used during the American Civil War and staffed by the Daughters of Charity. This new home was more spacious than
Civil Rights
.... McGovern, “I Raised Him from a Puppy,” March 22, 1968 McGovern is commenting on the need for white Americans to reflect on and address the role they have played in fostering racism. McGovern, “Step in the Right Direction,” April 19, 1968 The Civil Rights Act of 1968 prohibited the
Pilgrimage of Hope
...a of Saint Mary Major, also know as Saint Mary of the Snows, consecrated in 452 AD A short distance away is the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, the oldest Marian worship site in Western Christianity. According to legend, the Virgin Mary appeared to Pope Liberius and a wealthy man