Carmelite Monastery
...r Xavier was the only one to see the completion of the Oak Lane monastery before passing away in 1930. Early photograph of Hill Top in the Oak Lane neighborhood Archbishop Prendergast giving benediction at the laying of the cornerstone for the new monastery, 9/26/1915 Two years after its
Papal Visit of Pope Francis, 2015
...at these or any truths must constantly be reaffirmed, re-appropriated and defended. The history of this nation is also the tale of a constant effort, lasting to our own day, to embody those lofty principles in social and political life. We remember the great struggles which led to the abolition
Martin, Campbell, and Furlong families papers, 1795-1963 (MC 90)
...delphia region, including overseas commerce. Devout in their religious beliefs, the families, the Campbells in particular, played a significant role in shaping Catholicity in Philadelphia. Members of the Campbell family were also actively involved in political and social movements of the nineteenth- and twentieth-centuries, including the labor movement and women’s
The Battle of Antietam: a Philadelphia soldier’s experience
...n the first battlefield i saw it would make me sick it was worse than Fair Oak [Battle of Fair Oaks, also known as the Battle of Seven Pines, which took place in Virginia on May 31 and June 1, 1862]. it was four miles long and the dead lie