Archbishop John Carroll

...nd Times, 209 & 223. [6] Melville, John Carroll, 77. [7] Charles Plowden, Short Account of the Establishment of the New See of Baltimore in Maryland, and of Consecrating the Right Rev. Dr. John Carroll First Bishop, 1790; P001.3096, 171. Catholic Historical Research Center. [8] Ibid., 172. [9] Minutes of

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Packard, Butler and Partridge Lithograph Collection

...husetts, Maryland, Maine, Mississippi, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, and a few from Canada, mainly Montreal. Almost nothing is known about why the company chose to specialize in church lithographs or how they solicited business or performed the execution of

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Starting from Scratch: The Story of Msgr. Hawks and St. Joan of Arc Parish

...and schoolrooms on the next two. On July 2, the first Mass was said in the new building. Work continued on the classrooms which would be ready for September 1923. When the new building opened, attendance had increased to nearly 400 children and would grow to over 600 by 1932.

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Research guide for parish histories

...nd anniversaries are usually documented by articles from both the Catholic newspaper of the time and secular newspapers. Consultors' Minute Books, 1896-1991 These provide brief descriptions of consultors meetings. The Diocesan consultors are a certain number of priests in each diocese of the United States who act as official advisers

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