10th Synod
...the Christian faithful who offer assistant to the diocesan bishop for the good of the whole diocesan community[2]. The goal is to help inform the bishop by reviewing current polices and programs and make recommendations for the future. Prior to this, there had been a total of nine synods held
James Buchanan materials at the Archdiocesan Archives?
...rding the likelihood of Buchanan becoming President. The letter provides a good deal of insight into Buchanan's personality and political philosophies as well as the current state of politics in both Pennsylvania and the country. Part of the first page of the letter reads: You know I am not a
Patrick Coad family papers, 1798-1880 (MC 37)
...instrument that helped cure various diseases, Coad’s invention attracted a good deal of attention within the scientific and medical communities. A teacher whose interests focused on medicine and the sciences, Coad also traveled throughout Pennsylvania and the surrounding area as a lecturer on the natural sciences. The collection includes Coad’s
Robert M. O’Reilly, Surgeon General
...Division at the beginning of the Spanish-American War, and delegate at the International Conference for the Revision of the Geneva Convention in Geneva in 1906. The collection contains correspondence, general orders, assignments, certificates of appointment, circulars, clippings, invitations, a notebook and a scrapbook. O’Reilly led a long and successful military