Robert M. O’Reilly, Surgeon General
...Army serving from September 7, 1902 to January 14, 1909. O'Reilly served a long military medical career beginning as a medical cadet in August 1862 during the Civil War. Notable accomplishments include a position as the physician at the White House during both of President Grover Cleveland's administrations, Chief Surgeon
Pilgrimage of Hope
...ltar of Saint Joseph. Despite Mass being in Italian, I was able to follow along as the flow is the same. Saint Peter’s Basilica is the largest Church in the world, and is built over the tomb of Saint Peter. The current Basilica was built in the 1600s to replace
Neumann Canonization
...y Hours Devotion, and founded the Third Order of Saint Francis. It was not long after his death that calls were being made to open his cause for canonization. In May of 1886, the Diocese of Philadelphia and his order, the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists), held the
Misericordia Hospital
...hiladelphia.[1] Named Misericordia Hospital, the opening of hospital was a long project that dated back to 1910 when Archbishop Prendergast first approached the Sisters about building a hospital.[2] So with the support of the Archbishop, Mother Mary Patricia Waldron, head of the order in Philadelphia, purchased a farm plot for