From the Archives: Medical Aid for Honduras, 1965
On June 25, 1965, nurses from St. Mary’s Hospital in Orange and St. Michael’s Hospital in Newark classified and labeled bottles of medicine while volunteers packed them into boxes to … Learn More
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From the Archives: Bell Dedication at St. Aedan’s, 1947
On June 28, 1947, a carillon of fifteen bells was dedicated at St. Aedan’s Church in Jersey City.
From the Archives: Cornerstone Ceremony for Seminary in Darlington
This photograph captures the crowd gathered for the cornerstone laying ceremony of the Immaculate Conception Seminary campus in Darlington, Mahwah, NJ.
From the Archives: Bayley-Seton League’s Easter Outreach, 1953
Members of the Bayley-Seton League service organization prepare Easter care packages for Seton Hall alumni stationed overseas in the armed forces.
From the Archives: Deaf History Month, 1962
Rev. John P. Hourihan narrates the Stations of the Cross in sign language at St. Bridget’s in Newark in March 1962.
From the Archives: Sisters of Charity in radio communication, 1958
Sr. Regina Cordis, S.C., became the first nun in the region and the sixth in the country to obtain an official ham radio operator license.
From the Archives: St. Patrick’s Day, 1962
More than 25,000 participants from over 70 Irish-American organizations in Northern New Jersey marched down Broad Street in the 1962 St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Newark.
From the Archives: Catholic Sisters Week, 1958
In 1958, a statue of Mother Cabrini was erected in Mother Cabrini Park near Penn Station in Newark.
From the Archives: Women’s History Month, 1959
In 1959, the College of St. Elizabeth in Convent Station was awarded a National Science Foundation grant to support an undergraduate research program for isolating antibiotics for cancer chemotherapy.
From the Archives: Blessing of Alexian Brothers Hospital, 1966
Auxiliary Bishop Joseph A. Costello blesses the X-ray equipment in the new addition to the Alexian Brothers Hospital in Elizabeth, which was dedicated on February 27, 1966.