Catholics Responses to the Spanish Civil War
...the fight. Here at CHRC, we have numerous pamphlets and letters from American Catholics about the conflict. Forces during the initial uprising in Barcelona on July 19, 1939. Msgr. Hawks slide collection The Spanish Civil War began in 1936 after the left wing Popular Front won the elections. Right wing
Research guide for parish histories
...in in 1897. The spiritual, or pastoral, report contains information on the number of Catholic families and individuals in the parish, school enrollment, sacraments administered and other information on the practice of the faith within the parish. The financial report includes information such as income from weekly and special collections,
Daughters of Charity Nursed Wounded Civil War Soldiers at West Philadelphia hospital
...journal kept at the hospital by a Sister of Charity." Records of the American Catholic Historical Society 8, no. 4 (December 1897): 399-449. West, Nathaniel. History of the Satterlee U.S.A. Gen. Hospital at West Philadelphia from October 8, 1862 to October 8, 1863. The Hosptial Press, 1863. (Call# IC0135) Archives
Black Catholic periodicals
...y. It was in 1886 that Daniel Rudd started the weekly black newspaper American Catholic Tribune, initially titled Ohio State Tribune in Springfield, Ohio. The newspaper was then published in Cincinnati before moving to Detroit where it continued to operate until 1899. Rudd noted the paper would "give the great