Influenza Pandemic and the Sisters

...2] “1918 Flu Pandemic,” History, (2010), http://www.history.com/topics/1918-flu-pandemic; “1918 Influenza Epidemic Records,” Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, http://www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/Research-Online/Pages/1918-Influenza-Epidemic.aspx. [3] Letter from Archbishop Dougherty dated Oct 4th 1918. SB-10, April 7, 1917- Feb. 12, 1920, Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. [4] Letter from Rodgers, secret...

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Cartooning Catholics

...cartoons depicting Catholics and Catholic social thought, it will be possible to understand how Catholics viewed the world and how the world viewed Catholics.   Read some recent articles about the exhibit: CatholicPhilly.com: http://catholicphilly.com/2019/11/news/local-news/philadelphia-archives-offers-glimpse-into-catholic-cartoons/ Northeast Times: http://northeasttimes.com/2019/10/16/cartoons-brought-to-the-forefront-at-catholic-exhibit/ Alete...

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Mathew Carey

...alized bank was good for American credit.[11] P001.0150, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8228. As an Irish Catholic, Mathew Carey was deeply involved with both groups in the city of Philadelphia. He acted as the president of a society for the protection of Catholic orphans and founded the Hibernian Society for the aid of Irish

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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

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