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

...ific career, the Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia holds half a century of Catholic Philadelphia history, especially moments of major celebrations and events. Examining these milestone moments through the decades reveals the history of both the city and the religious life within it. As Robert Halvey’s

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10th Synod

...irection of the archdiocese over the past twenty years. [1] Archdiocese of Philadelphia, The Tenth Archdiocesan Synod, 2002, P008.27 [2] Archdiocese of Philadelphia, The Tenth Archdiocesan Synod, 2002, P008.27 [3] Prior Synodal Legislation 1832-1912, MC 100, B1 F1 [4] Ordo Synodi 1934, MC 100, B1 F12 [5] Letter from Gerald

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Marian Year of 1954

...hich had been housed in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception of Saint Vincent’s Seminary since 1927, saw about 65,000 pilgrims from 322 groups during the course of the Marian Year. The December 10th issue of The Catholic Standard and Times noted that “These totals do not include the thousands

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Digitizing the Halvey Photograph Collection, Step One

...ian Grady, and I used sampling to accomplish this task. After counting the number of envelopes in each box, we counted the number of negatives in a sample population of envelopes, as each envelope contains a sometimes vastly different number of negatives. Based on the results, we can reasonably estimate

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