The Battle of Antietam: a Philadelphia soldier’s experience

...the Battle of Seven Pines, which took place in Virginia on May 31 and June 1, 1862]. it was four miles long and the dead lie all along in lines in one place there was a regular line of battle for about one hundred yards they lay in twos where

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Serra Club of Philadelphia

...the Catholic Historical Research Center covers Serra club material from the 1950s to the mid- 1980s. It is subdivided into many different categories, from correspondence to pamphlets from various Serra International Conventions. You can explore the finding aid for the newly processed collection here: https://archives.chrc-phila.org/repositories/2/resources/40. Collection processed and blog post

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

...s was appointed by Archbishop Dennis Dougherty to found a new parish on Oct 1, 1919. To which he wrote “to be a pastor is the dearest ambition of almost every priest, to be a good pastor is to reach the greatest glory of the priesthood” The first issue for

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10th Synod

...hing of the faith. The other themes were marriage and the family, roles of service, spirituality and the call to holiness, moral and social issues, and the liturgy.[11] Six sessions were held form September to November of 2002.[12] Members would listen and discuss the various proposals and vote on resolutions.

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