Recap of “To Touch a Saint: Creating a Place for Middle School Students” Grant Program!
...& eighth grade students. Matthew H. McCloskey, Jr. (1893-1973), building contractor and U.S. Ambassador to Ireland (1962-1964), created and funded the Wayne-based private foundation in 1967. The Arch-Ed Fund supports Catholic education and Catholic ministry throughout the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Archives Archives Select Month September 2025 July 2025 June 2025
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...hools: St. Teresa of Avila, St. Peter Claver, and St. Philip Neri. Please contact CHRC staff for more information. Researchers should contact individual parishes or schools for information. Also, if a school or academy was run by a particular religious order, researchers should contact the order’s archives for information. Back
Alliance of Catholic Women
...er notable part of the Alliance was its focus on education. This took on a number of different forms over the years. In 1920 with its first major program, the ACW established an endowment to fund scholarships to the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.[6] Named after an early member, the