Starting from Scratch: The Story of Msgr. Hawks and St. Joan of Arc Parish
...uld prove an issue. Hawks quickly set up a temporary chapel located in a house with an old store front that could fit sixty people. The first Mass was said on November 23. “the crowd filled the backyard, the passages, the stairs, and even the living rooms above. So large
A Philadelphia Artist
...n, mainly conducted business with New Orleans and the Caribbean as well as Western Europe and China. William spent much of his young life at sea. One item in the collection includes his passport from age 12-signed by Secretary of State Henry Clay- when he travelled through Europe. William A.
The American Catholic Historical Researches Vol. 15 papers, ca. 1810-1898 (MC 56)
...ivities before and after he became a Christian convert. It specifically focuses on his altruism after his religious conversion. The collection was most likely used for the publication of the Toothless Priest, Rev. Samuel Sutherland Cooper, The Founder of Mother Seton’s Institution published in the 1898 American Catholic Historical Researches
Misericordia Hospital
...delphia 1921), 32. An important component of Misericordia hospital was its use as a teaching center for doctors and nurses. Indeed, even before the hospital officially opened, the Sisters of Mercy set up a training program for nurses. The first class of 21 students started in May of 1918 and