The Bishop’s Bank
...stock of ready sale: City, or State of Pennsylvania. No other; City is the best. County stock is good, but of slow sale. Never purchase any other stock. Beware of Banks, Canals, railroads, other States of the Union, and all kinds of fancy stocks. Some of them may be good,
Philadelphia’s First Bishop
...t perhaps, in firmness and without great experience in the direction of affairs.” This description would prove prophetic, as Egan’s episcopate was marred by administrative disputes with lay trustees. Egan was born in 1761 in Limerick, Ireland. As a young man he joined the Order of Friars Minor, and studied
Pope
...ore. “Tied to His Mother’s Apron-Strings,” October 12, 1872 Here Uncle Sam offers to free an American bishop from the pope’s plans to rule both church and state. Nast seems to suggest that the problem with Catholics is not their faith but their allegiance to a foreign power. In the
In Her Own Right: Jane and Marianne Campbell
...e.[10] Jane would also often write her brother William, who ran the family bookstore, asking for him to send books to her and her friends, revealing the types of literature read within Catholic women circles.[11] These newly digitized collections offer a window into a wider range of topics, from the