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

...for the Diocese of Philadelphia because it was on that day after weeks of traveling across the country from St. Louis, the Sisters of St. Joseph arrived to take control of St. John’s Orphanage.[1] Bishop Kenrick had learned of the Sisters when visiting his brother who was Bishop of St.

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Centennial Exposition

...de by the Catholic Total Abstinence Union. The fountain which still stands near the Mann Center features statues of Moses, Archbishop Carroll, Charles Carroll, Father Mathew, and Commodore Barry. Among the exhibits, the Vatican had sent art and artifacts to be displayed in Memorial Hall, including mosaics of the Madonna

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