Medical Mission Sisters
...stan as well as opened missions in Holland, Indonesia, the Gold Coast, and New Mexico.[8] Indeed, by 1950 there were over 300 sisters serving in 16 different locations around the world.[9] In the year 1944 at Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan for instance, the sisters treated over 35,000 patients
Marian Year
...new parishes founded during the year to be named after Mary. All told, ten new parishes would be founded and named in honor of Mary, as well as a new chapel for the Cathedral named Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament. Halvey_K409_001 Halvey_K409_002 East and West: a unity of
Sesquicentennial International Exposition
...Franklin Bridge, which opened on July 1, 1926, connecting Philadelphia to New Jersey for the first time. Originally known as the Delaware River Bridge, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world until 1929. [1] Keels, Thomas H., Sesqui: Greed, Graft, and the Forgotten World's Fair of 1926. Philadelphia:
Temperance Movement
...s through the building of public drinking fountains, as they believed that better access to clean water would keep the poor from turning to beer and liquor. Indeed, a fountain in New York declared that “There is no poison in my cup! Drink and Live,” which illustrates the concern that