Work Of The Sisters During The Epidemic Of Influenza October, 1918

In 1918 over 2,000 Roman Catholic nuns left their convents in the Philadelphia area to nurse the sick and dying of the influenza epidemic. Twenty-three of the sisters died because of their ministrations. This is an account of their heroic work published in the American Catholic Historical Society Of Philadelphia, 1919. “Gathered and arranged from reports of personal experiences of the sisters and contributed by request of the compiler.” The compiler/author was an academic/priest at Villanova University in Pennsylvania. Since there are no chapter headings, this recording uses the section headings of the book.

By : Francis Edward Tourscher (1870 - 1939)

01 - Introduction; Sisters Of The Blessed Sacrament; Sisters Of The Third Order Of St. Francis;... 02 - St. Leonard’s Academy; Assumption; Sharon Hill; Sisters Of The Immaculate Heart; Catholic Home... 03 - Sisters Of The Immaculate Heart; Emergency Hospital (Pages 20-30) 04 - Holmsburg Emergency, No.1; Women’s Hospital, Fortieth And Parish; Phoenixville Hospital;... 05 - Sisters Of Saint Joseph; St. Columba’s Emergency Hospital; St. Patrick’s Hospital – Emergency,... 06 - St. Malachy’s; St. Margaret’s, Narbeth; Our Lady Of Lourdes; Mother Of Good Counsel, Bryn... 07 - Relief Work In Private Homes – Sisters I.H.M; St. Agatha’s, Philadelphia, Pa.; Annunciation;... 08 - Incarnation, Olney, Philadelphia; Most Blessed Sacrament, Philadelphia; St. Paul’s... 09 - Sisters Of St. Joseph – Work In Private Homes; St. Anne’s; St. Carthage’s; St. Charles’; St... 10 - St. Michael’s; Mother Of Consolation, Chestnut Hill; St. Philip’s; Our Lady Of Victory; St... 11 - Deceased Sisters; Franciscans; Sisters Of The Holy Child; Sisters Of The Immaculate...