Influenza Pandemic and the Sisters

...pull through and the medical staff would comment that they could “see the change there is in this place since the Sisters came.”[11] After the epidemic had subsided, government officials praised the work of the sisters with the Pennsylvania Department of Heath stating that “without the serviced rendered by these

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The Centennial Fountain

...Moses striking the rock to give water to the Israelites was chosen.[2] The change was due to the Moses allegory of life giving water being better focused on the CTAU’s mission to encourage people to turn away from alcohol. While the main Irish American connection was removed, the CTAU incorporated

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Newman Centers

...ter Newman News), which ran from 1917 to 1947.[10] In 1938, the FCCC would change its name to the Newman Club Federation and by the 1950s would have 600 local clubs around the world.[11] One of the main problems that faced Newman centers and similar Catholic college organizations was the

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Mathew Carey

...riving in Paris in 1779, the connections that Carey would make there would change his life forever. First, he began working for Benjamin Franklin in his Paris printing shop. From there he would become friends with Lafayette, who would help Carey set up his first newspaper in America.[3] After a

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