This document is the first draft of a "cover letter" detailing the Mission Helpers' history which would accompany their application to Rome. This version was sent to Fr. Hector Papi for revision. The notes in pencil are the changes he suggested to…
The back of the photo reads: "'The Italian School' at Biddle Street, Balto, MD. Sr M. Isaia, Sr. M. Ignatius, Sr. M. Austin, Sr. M. Vincent and Sr. M. de Sales."
On September 10, 1921, Cardinal Gibbons and the Mission Helpers received this letter from the Vatican deferring their papal approval pending revisions to their constitutions.
In this November 14, 1904 letter to Father O’Connell of Pittsburgh, Mother Demetrias responds to his request for details about their Italian work and his inquiry as to whether The Mission Helpers would like to continue that work in Pittsburgh. She…
"My dear Mother Benedict,
I am sure the cable announcing the election surprised you all but what will you think when I tell you Mrs. Hartwell, Miss Maczalouis, Miss Geohegan, Miss Doulon, left shortly after they learned the…