A lengthy and active military career
...22. On page one, he notes: In that now the blockade is over Jack's ship is ordered back to League Island, so no doubt you will see him soon... The finding aid for the Robert M. O'Reilly papers is now available online. Archives Archives Select Month April 2024 March 2024
Archbishop Ryan
...me Drexel’s spiritual advisor. It was Ryan’s suggest that Drexel named the order the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People.[13] Furthermore, it was through the guidance of Ryan that Mother Katharine wrote the rule for her new order. Ryan's Funeral, February 16, 1911 Ryan would
Thomas Cooke Middleton papers, 1859-1917 (MC 7)
...eton Cooke (1842-1923) converted to Catholicism and joined the Augustinian order. After his ordination, Middleton was assigned to Villanova University (then Villanova College) where he served for almost 60 years. He served as the University’s tenth president from 1876 to 1878. He had also served as a teacher, archivist, librarian,
St. Peter Claver
...exel was in Pittsburgh studying under the Sisters of Mercy to form her own order, she meet the Congregation of the Holy Spirit. Also known as the Holy Ghost Fathers, this order of priests had numerous missions in Africa and through the work of Drexel and Ryan, agreed to come