Philly in Focus: Robert Halvey’s Photographic History of Catholic Philadelphia

For over sixty years, Robert Halvey served as a freelance photographer for the Catholic Standard and Times. His career as a photographer began in the 1930’s, while attending Roman Catholic High School taking photos for the school newspaper. He served as a U.S. Army Photographer during World War II, for

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Gift of Finest Wheat: The Story of the 41st International Eucharistic Congress

...way to highlight that Eucharistic Congresses have been a mainstay in Catholic life, and how the past resonates with today....

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CORDUM

...on of youth in parish life, the permanent diaconate among the Hispanic and African-American populations, and the creation of programs that attempt to meet the human needs of the people in each church’s area. After the publication of the final report in 1975 until 1981, CORDUM would continue to study,

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Anti-Catholicism in Jacksonian Philadelphia

...lowers, those of Catholic faith were seen as lacking the individuality and free thinking required of democratic citizens. Moreover, the Catholic immigrant, whose allegiance was to a foreign ruler, was seen as disloyal to America. Anti-Catholic sentiments led to violence in the summer of 1834. Sparked by rumors that nuns

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