Higher, Faster, Stronger: The Olympics

...ist. If there are any going to the upcoming 2024 Olympics, we wish you the best of luck! Peter Cippolone – Rowing (Mens Eight), 2004 Athens, Gold Michael Gostigan – Modern pentathlon, 1988 Seoul / 1992 Barcelona / 1996 Atlanta John Kelly Jr. – Rowing (Single sculls), 1948 London, 1952

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Catholics Responses to the Spanish Civil War

...ief that it would restore and protect the Catholic Church. Go to our Omeka site to see some of the Spanish Civil War pamphlets or come to the archive to view the whole collection and the Msgr. Hawks slide collection. [1] Santiago Martínez Sánchez, "The Spanish Bishops and Nazism during

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Colleges

...xamining the founding of the ten Catholic colleges reveals the changing history of the city of Philadelphia. Explore the exhibit on our Omeka site: https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/exhibits/show/colleges...

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Catholic Interracial Council

...oject many of their recordings are now available to listen to on our Omeka site. One of the Catholic Interracial Council of Philadelphia’s first major successes was helping form the Philadelphia’s Fair Employment Practices Commission, on which Anna McGarry served as vice president.[13] This city government commission sought to end

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