Roman Catholic and Archdiocese High Schools

...igh School, 6. [2] IC119, Roman Catholic High School for Boys 2nd Founders Day (May 26, 2000), 5. [3] IC119, Roman Catholic High School 25th Anniversary (Philadelphia: Rex Printing, 1915), 73. [4] Dedication of the Roman Catholic High School, Able Addresses,” Catholic Standard, September 13, 1890. [5] IC119, The Golden

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Liturgical Week

...Keeping the Changes Going Archbishop Krol would continue the themes of change shown during the Liturgical Week in implementing further changes to the Mass. He would celebrate the first Solemn Mass in English in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul on November 29, 1964, the first day such a

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Misericordia Hospital

...of 1916 and February of 1918 respectively.[8] Misericordia had a quiet two days after opening before the first patient, a Ms. Bridget Murry, was admitted into the hospital. [9] Since that day the staff has continued to care for the sick of West Philadelphia. Indeed, a report on the first

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The Church and Labor

...agement and labor unions to bring about peace resolutions. In a 1953 Labor Day speech, John Cardinal O’Hara rejoiced in the work that had been done to restore the dignity of labor. However, he cautioned against viewing the economy as a class struggle and against the creation of a “leviathan

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