Interesting film history finds in the Parish Calendar collection
...printed monthly and include much more content. They provide parish history information, including reprinted articles or excerpts from the diocesan newspaper The Catholic Standard and Times that covered prominent events such as the dedication of a church or an anniversary celebration of the founding of a parish. They also have
Newspapers & Periodicals
...of the collection dates from the 1840’s through the 1920’s. Click here for information about Catholic newspapers in Philadelphia. CHRC’s periodical collection, which includes over 600 titles, is comprised mainly of scholarly journals and magazines with a theological, historical, and/or local focus. These journals were collected by the American Catholic
Anti-Catholicism in Jacksonian Philadelphia
...at the Catholic Church was incompatible with American values. In 1842, the American Protestant Association was formed in Philadelphia by more than 50 Protestant clergymen from every denomination. The APA’s objective was to alert the public, through lectures, publications, and revivals, to the dangers of popery, or “romanism.” The association
Lawrence Francis Flick papers, 1889-1930 (MC 18)
...e was not hereditary but contagious. He organized the first American tuberculosis society in 1892, the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, to educate the public and founded White Haven Sanitarium in 1901. Having a great interest in history, Flick was one of the founders of the American Catholic