Benedict Club: A Home Away From Home

...rst year about 200 men visited the club each day and by 1943 that was up to 800.[11] The women volunteers, called the Morale Corps, would organize various themes for the dances as well as staff the offices and service desks and serve food and refreshments. The military men described

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Jane and Marianne Campbell: Catholic Feminists

...pivotal in the formation of the Teachers’ Annuity and Aged Society for the care of aged teachers. Marianne herself was an artist having studied at the Academy of the Fine Arts, often entering paintings in its annual exhibitions. Although there is only a limited amount of documentation for Marianne Campbell,

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Day of Great Joy: Sisters of St. Joseph in Philadelphia

...X351 Besides education, the sisters have had a history of working in healthcare in the archdiocese. The first instance was when they founded St. Joseph hospital at the instance of Bishop Kenrick and ran the hospital for 10 years.[10] Due to their work there, they were called upon to act

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James Buchanan materials at the Archdiocesan Archives?

...igion into politics and to make a man's creed operate against him, I don't care to what sect he may belong. Page 3 Page 4 The collection also includes estate papers relating to James Buchanan's Pennsylvania properties, presumably because Lynch as an auctioneer was somehow involved with the transfer of

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