Cardinal John P. Foley

...and St. Joseph’s College (now University). He was ordained a priest on May 19, 1962 by then-Archbishop John Krol. John P. Foley, circa 1964 His earliest assignments were Sacred Heart in Havertown and St. John the Evangelist Parish in Philadelphia, and also studies at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas

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Last Days of the Union

...vil War. The state of South Carolina seceded from the Union on December 20, 1860. In apparent response to this news, Reverend Joseph Cullen from St. Bridget's Parish recorded a brief yet profound statement in the church marriage register. Dated December 1860, Father Cullen wrote: Last days of the Union

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Elizabeth Sarah Kite papers, 1865-1954 (MC 2)

...converted to Catholicism, after her experiences with French Catholics. From 1909 to 1918, Kite was employed in the research laboratory at the Vineland Training School, and conducted research in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. She translated Development of Intelligence in Children and The Intelligence of the Feeble-Minded by Alfred

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