Martin I. J. Griffin papers, 1842-1950 (MC 8)
...assistant editor to the newly established Catholic Standard and Times, the official Philadelphia diocesan newspaper, from 1870 to 1873. Griffin founded the American Catholic Historical Society in 1884 and served as its secretary. He also belonged to several other historical associations, including the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Society of
Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute
...he discussed the idea starting such a group. The following week, the first official meeting was held at Old St. Mary’s Rectory with 14 men in attendance.[3] There they picked the name Philopatrian, meaning “love of one’s country” and the motto of “Revere the Church thy Mother and love thy
National Council of Catholic Women
....[9] Indeed, under O’Hara local groups were able to join regardless of the official position of the archdiocese. Thus, while Pittsburg had over 200 affiliated groups and every woman’s group in Harrisburg was a member, only four groups in Philadelphia were connected to the NCCW.[10] It would not be until
Hometown Saint: Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in Philadelphia
...out of their Motherhouse called Holy Providence. The school was the first official work the order undertook, beginning when the sisters were still at their temporary convent while St. Elizabeth Motherhouse was being built. When the school opened as Holy Providence a year later in 1892, it had grown from