Historic Resting Place for Famous and Faithful

...t. 1733) as well as in the Catholic section of the public burial ground at Washington Square. In the latter part of the 18th century, the German congregation of Holy Trinity acquired a strip of land from St. Mary’s to be used specifically for burials of their members. The two

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Education

...l students are left on the hook for the cost of their education. Knudsen, “Washington Mirage?” September 14, 1972 The promise of tax credits from politicians never seem to materialize while Catholic parents are struggling under the weight of taxes and tuition. McGovern, “Babes in the Woods,” August 28, 1969

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Collections

...institutions in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, New York, Maryland and Washington, D.C. A variety of types of institutions are included, especially hospitals, orphanages, and colleges. Associations & Institutions   Pamphlets Contains several thousand pamphlets and other printed materials relating to subjects of Catholic interest. Newspapers CHRC holds one of the

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Citation Information

...ections: [Indicate cited item or series here], Collection Name, Collection number, Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. Photographs: In general, only photographs from the Robert Halvey Collection are to be published with written permission from CHRC. These photographs are to be captioned: Courtesy of the

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