The Centennial Fountain

...working in Germany, it did not reach Philadelphia until June. There were a number of reasons for the delays including payment debates between the CTAU and Kirn as well as problems with the marble that Kirn received.[11] Due to these delays, when the CTAU had the official dedication and celebration

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Catholics Responses to the Spanish Civil War

...us orders from teaching.[1] Due to these restrictions, many saw the Nationalists as the side who would help protect and restore the Church.[2] Nationalist forces on the march to Bielsa. Msgr. Hawks slide collection Further support for the Nationalists grew out of the growing presence of communists in the Republican

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Jane and Marianne Campbell: Catholic Feminists

...k. Jane and Marianne were also involved in numerous Catholic, civic, Irish-American, botanical, and historical organizations and associations, such as the American Catholic Historical Society for which Jane served as recording secretary for a time, as well as the City History Society of Philadelphia, the Audubon Society, St. Vincent’s Aid

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Hometown Saint: Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in Philadelphia

...olored races.” The new order, the first to minister to the needs of Native-Americans and African-Americans, grew slowly. In 1892, twelve postulates received the habit of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (SBS). Ultimately, more than 100 SBS educational intuitions, including Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana, would be founded

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