Parish Histories and Calendars
...ia. Inquiries on parishes outside of Pennsylvania can be made by phone or e-mail. Some material for parishes outside of Pennsylvania may be found in the Pamphlet Collection. Parish Calendar Collection This collection contains Monthly Parish Calendars for over three hundred parishes. The date range for most is from about
Catholics in WWII
...4989. [2] Letter to Cardinal Dougherty from Harry Boylan, 07/08/1945, MC 78-80.1445. https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8237 [3] Letter to Cardinal Dougherty from Captain Harry Boylan, 05/28/1945, MC 78-80.1444. https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8233 [4] Letter to Cardinal Dougherty from Captain Harry Boylan, 12/12/1944, MC 78-80.1438. https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8232 [5] Letter to Cardinal Dougherty from Michael J. Doughert...
The Church and Labor
.... Some Catholics accused the unions of being too closely associated with socialists and communists.[7] This posed a major problem since the papal encyclicals taught “no one can be at the same time a good Catholic and a true Socialist.”[8] Indeed, many priests and bishops called for the creation of
Philadelphia’s Third Archbishop
...dained, and served in the in the Philadelphia Archdiocese for almost a half-century by the time Pope Pius X appointed him Archbishop Patrick J. Ryan’s replacement in May 1911. He was installed as Archbishop July 26, 1911. Prendergast was the first graduate of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary to become bishop