John J. Bonner papers, 1909-1945 (MC 49)

...er graduating from Roman Catholic High School. He transferred to the North American College in Rome, and was ordained there in June 1917. Upon his return to the United States, he was appointed assistant rector of St. Bridget’s Church (1917-18), left this post to serve as a U.S. Army chaplain

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Eleanor C. Donnelly papers. 1873-1905 (MC 48)

...Counsel.” This collection contains correspondence, largely from priests and Bishops throughout the United States in answer to her requests for facsimiles of episcopal seals. Also included is an autograph book containing signatures of American Confederate prisoners of war held at the Johnson’s Island prison. 1 box, 0.4 linear ft. *Materials

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Mary Brackett Willcox and Catholicism in the Suburbs

...Smith, “Sketch of Mary Brackett Willcox of Ivy Mills, PA,” Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, (12/1896), 395 [3] Friends of Old St. Thomas. "Ivy Mills/Saint Thomas Guide Book." March 2012, 6, PH171 [4] Sister William Josephine Ludwick, "The Early History of St. Thomas the Apostle Church,

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