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Mission Helpers, Demetrias to Joseph, September 20, 1901
From the top of page 6: "I got very much excited and said past what I thought about the grown deaf mutes, Mo. B did not have time to tell me your plans so when I came home I gave the three of them to Sr. Magdalen for our dormitory work, thus giving…
Mission Helpers, Demetrias to Joseph, September 20, 1905
This is a letter Mother Demetrias sent to Mother Joseph from Puerto Rico on September 20, 1905. Demetrias begins by asking for new bags and pockets to be sent to the sisters in Puerto Rico, as theirs are in poor condition. She informs Mo. Joseph that…
Mission Helpers, Demetrias's Vow, 1892
The vow Sister Demetrias (born Mary Cunningham, eventually Mother Demetrias) took on October 2, 1892.
Mission Helpers, Dormitory of St. Peter Claver's Industrial School and Home, c. 1900
Mission Helpers, Dormitory of St. Peter Claver's Industrial School and Home, c. 1900
Mission Helpers, English Version of Their History, 1917
This document is the English version of the cover letter detailing their history, sent to Rome in 1917. It includes the changes Fr. Papi suggested they make to the earlier version. On reading, one can see that almost all mention of Mother Joseph had…
Mission Helpers, First Communion, San Juan, PR, 1909
Two sisters with girls on the day of their First Communion in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Photo taken in 1909.
Mission Helpers, Fr. George M. Searle's letter regarding Mrs. Hartwell, September 28, 1908
Father George M. Searle, C. S. P. was an accomplished mathematician and astronomer, Professor of Mathematics at The Catholic University of America from 1895-1897, and Superior General of the Paulists from 1904-1910.
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Mission Helpers, Fr. Papi to Sr. DeSales, December 30, 1920
In this letter of 1920, Fr. Papi writes to Sr. DeSales advising her not to worry too much about how long it had been since they had heard anything from Rome regarding their application. These things take time, he assures her.
Mission Helpers, Fr. Slattery, "Aftermath of the Dorsey Sermon," July 1904
On June 22, 1902, Fr. Slattery gave a controversial sermon, with Cardinal Gibbons present, at the occasion of Father John Dorsey's first celebration of the Mass. Fr. Dorsey was one of the first two African American priests ordained in the United…