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

...grees and Mount Saint Joseph College was established.[9] In 1938, it would change its name to Chestnut Hill College and in 2013 it became accepting males into its undergraduate program. Sisters' Summer Program, 1971, Halvey X351 Besides education, the sisters have had a history of working in healthcare in the

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Catholic Newspapers in Philadelphia

...azine changed its name to The Catholic Weekly Instructor in 1849. With the change of name it also changed from a journal to a newspaper format and began carrying general Catholic and Philadelphia diocesan material in addition to juvenile material. When a new publisher took over the paper in 1850,

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Influenza Pandemic and the Sisters

...isease. It was recorded that 23 sisters died from the flu. One such case reported in the Catholic Standard and Times stated that Mother Marie Aloysius of the Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus had continued working in the hospital despite her sickness until the day before she passed.[14] The

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Liturgical Week

...Vatican II. Halvey_P857_007 Halvey_P857_009 Halvey_P857_008   Keeping the Changes Going Archbishop Krol would continue the themes of change shown during the Liturgical Week in implementing further changes to the Mass. He would celebrate the first Solemn Mass in English in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul on November 29,

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