Dougherty’s Movie Boycott

...uestioning the move from State Senator McCreesh and Democratic Committee Chairman John Kelly (Princess Grace Kelly’s father).[5] One major concern of Dougherty’s was that other bishops were not joining him in the total ban. Rather places like the Archdiocese of St. Paul were publishing white lists, movies that they deemed

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Our Lady of Czestochowa Dedication

...Halvey_T201_010   New Shrine Built The chapel became a popular pilgrimage site for Polish Americans and soon plans were made for a new larger shrine. Atop of Beacon Hill in Doylestown, ground would be broken on August, 23, 1964. The shrine would be completed in time for the Polish Millennium

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Graphics

...oversized graphics have been digitized and are available through our Omeka site. Please note that only some of our graphic materials, specifically our lithograph collection, can be searched on our online catalog. Many of these records do not have images attached. If there is an image that you would like

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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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