Thomas Nast Anti-Irish Cartoons

...a bundle of sticks with the phrase “in union there is strength, patriotism, honor, and unity” and is clearly defending the spirit of the Revolution by standing in front of the “school of the old 1776.” Thus, this cartoon along with the other two demonstrate how Nast believed that the

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Parish Mapping Project

...Archdiocese published every year. Other important primary sources included, bishop correspondence, the Consultor minute books and a hand written parish boundary book. Excerpt from the Catholic Standard Directory Once we had data on the boundaries in 1971, the first step was to import the current map boundaries to our google

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Misericordia Hospital

...ars.     [1] First Report of the Misericordia Hospital: July 2, 1918-May 31, 1920, 11. [2] Misericordia Hospital: One-Half Century of Service, 1918-1968, (1968), 12. [3] One-Half Century, 13. [4] A New Hospital for the Sisters of Mercy, (1915); One-Half Century, 13. [5] One-Half Century, 13-14. [6] “Our History,”

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Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic Church

...id. [8] “Wrecking Halted In Philadelphia,” New York Times, (August 5, 1973), 49, http://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/05/archives/wrecking-halted-in-philadelphia-chinatown-families-protest.html [9] Letter from Cardinal Krol to Governor Shapp, June 8, 1973, Cardinal Krol Collection, Box 162a. [10] Mary Yee, “The Save Chinatown Movement: Surviving Against All Odds,” Pennsylvania Legacies (May 2012), https://hsp.org/sites/default/files/attachments/save_chi...

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