Misericordia Hospital

...1996.[16] While Misericordia was renamed in 1997 to Mercy Hospital of Philadelphia and since 2008 has been known as Mercy Philadelphia Hospital, it has continuously served sick in Philadelphia for 100 years.     [1] First Report of the Misericordia Hospital: July 2, 1918-May 31, 1920, 11. [2] Misericordia Hospital:

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Alliance of Catholic Women

...2, MC78-80.153. [5] Official Catholic Directory of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, (Philadelphia: Catholic Standard and Times, 1946). [6] E.A. Douredoure, “Letter to Cardinal Dougherty,” 07/02/1920, Mc78-80.6121. [7] Report on the Dr. Julia P. Harton Memorial Scholarship, 1949, Mc78-80.6132. [8] Supreme Court of Pennsylvania: Hopkins on behalf of the Alliance of

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Historic Anti-Catholic Cartoons

...pal infallibility (the belief that the pope cannot be wrong in matters of faith), raised concerns that Catholics owed allegiance first to the Church and not to the United States. The increasing number of Catholic immigrants, most notably from Ireland, led many to believe that America’s Protestant culture was at

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FAQ

...y from the 19th century, including an almost complete run of official Philadelphia Diocesan newspapers up to the current Archdiocesan paper, The Catholic Standard and Times. We do not hold indexes for historical or genealogical purposes. Researchers will need to provide an exact or near exact date for staff to

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