World War One Army Chaplains

...] Archdiocese of Philadelphia Record of Priests Joseph L. Wolfe. [5] “Funeral Held for Father Wolfe,” Catholic Standard and Times, July 8, 1949. [6] “Calls Phila Boys Heroes of Marne,” Catholic Standard and Times. September 28, 1918. [7] “’Knew We Could Lick the Germans,’ Father Wolfe Writes from Trenches” Catholic

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TV and Radio

...elines was a four episode series featuring panel discussions on Catholic renewal.[4] Television Studio at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, 8/18/1981, Halvey_529B With the creation of DVCOTVR, the office focused initially on radio programs, producing shows such as Up On Air, The Sane Society, and Breakthrough. TV production focused on TV

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Black Catholics in Philadelphia and The Journal

...th the founding of the new parish, devoted its coverage to local and national news relating to black Catholics as well as news about black issues in the United States. It also covered news concerning St. Peter Claver. The top of the newspaper's title page read “The Catholic Church is

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Robert M. O’Reilly, Surgeon General

...signment was at Cuyler General Hospital in Philadelphia followed by a general field hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee in March 1864 where he writes almost daily to his mother. These letters to his mother are the bulk of the collection. Below is a typical letter in which O’Reilly discusses his main

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