Chronicles of Notre Dame du Lac
Edward Sorin, CSC -- Translated by John M. Toohey, CSC, 1895

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1856

pg 292                                2.  Philadelphia
                  This house was opened in the beginning of August at the 
             request of Mgr. Neumann, Bishop of that city.  Four Sisters were 
             sent at first under the direction of Sr. St. Angela.
                  Philadelphia is the second city of the United States, and is 
             in many points the rival of New York.  The number of Catholics 
             there is quite considerable, and the chances of success for a 
             community most favorable.
                  The Sisters of Holy Cross were received by the holy bishop 
             with all that goodness that characterizes him, and the clergy soon 
             appeared to have only one sentiment towards the new religious 
             house, whose object became popular amongst all classes, even of 
             persons without any religion.
                  After residing for some time with the Sisters of the Good 
             Shepherd, they rented a double house in a street not far from the 
             new cathedral, and opened a school for boarders and day scholars