Misericordia Hospital
...re trained at Misericordia.[14] Misericordia Hospital: One-Half Century of Service, 1918-1968, (1968), 17. In 1967 plans were made to merge the running of Misericordia with Fitzgerald Mercy, a hospital in Delaware County run by the Sisters of Mercy. One of the major goals of the merger was to increases and
Catholics in WWII
...4989. [2] Letter to Cardinal Dougherty from Harry Boylan, 07/08/1945, MC 78-80.1445. https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8237 [3] Letter to Cardinal Dougherty from Captain Harry Boylan, 05/28/1945, MC 78-80.1444. https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8233 [4] Letter to Cardinal Dougherty from Captain Harry Boylan, 12/12/1944, MC 78-80.1438. https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8232 [5] Letter to Cardinal Dougherty from Michael J. Doughert...
World War One Army Chaplains
...onal Museum of the U.S. Army, (January 28, 2015), https://armyhistory.org/u-s-army-chaplain-corps/. [2] Williams, Michael, American Catholics in the War: National Catholic War Council, 1917-1921, (New York: MacMillan Company, 1921), 236; O’Malley, Mark, “Providing Shepherds for Soldiers: A History of Catholic Military Chaplaincy in the U.S.” Archbishop Peter L. Gerety Lecture Series
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
...ard. Gibbons laying cornerstone for Immaculate Conception/National Shrine 9-23-1920; CHRC Finally on September 23, 1920, seven years after papal approval, the cornerstone was laid down and blessed before a crowd of 10,000.[11] The ceremony was presided by Cardinal James Gibbons of Baltimore, with representatives from the United States government, including