A Brief History of the Growing Pains of the Church in Philadelphia

...chdiocese of Philadelphia Catholic Directory, (Philadelphia: CatholicPhilly.com, 2018). [2] Archdiocese of Philadelphia Catholic Directory, (Philadelphia: CatholicPhilly.com, 2018). [3]John Gilmary Shea, Life and Times of the Most Rev. John Carroll, Bishop and First Archbishop of Baltimore, (New York: 1888). [4] Thomas Rzeznik, “Roman Catholic Parishes,” The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia, http://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/roman-ca...

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Temperance Movement

...them a membership of over 66,000.[12] President Roosevelt speaking before C.T.A.U. delegates and United Mine Workers of America http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2013647511/resource/ One of the largest events held by the CTAU was the 1905 annual convention in Wilkes-Barre, PA when President Teddy Roosevelt spoke as the keynote to over 80,000 people. The Catholic

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Cornelia Connelly, S.H.C.J.

...day & Company, 1977), 7, P018.386 [2] Ibid, 13 [3] Sister Annette Dawson, S.H.C.J., Cornelia Connelly: Three Characteristics (London: Catholic Truth Society, 1979), 2, P012.0442 [4] Ibid, 3 Archives Archives Select Month March 2024 January 2024 November 2023 October 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023

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

...Philadelphia, 1939 [5] IC117: Glimpses of the Past: A Jubilee Sketch of Mt. St. Joseph, Chestnut Hill, 1858-1908 [6] P008.067 Elizabeth de Sales Dee, Mother St. John Fournier: a centenary reflection, 1975 [7] P018.408: A Centenary Tribute, 1858-1958 : Sisters of St. Joseph, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1958 [8] IC117:

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