Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute

...Dougherty from Joseph Trainer, 4/09/1943, MC78_80.3349; https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8289. [10] By-Laws of the Catholic Institutional Cooperative Association of Philadelphia, MC78_80.3355 [11] Letter to Members from Father McMenamin, 10/16/1950, MC78_80.3392; https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8288. [12] McClarren, A Short Story, MC78_80.3436, 27. [13] The Philopatrian, vol. III, no. 4., Feb 1942, MC78_80.3436, 2. [14] Letter to D...

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Hometown Saint: Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in Philadelphia

...inally a German ethnic parish, was converted to serve the needs of the ever-growing African-American population in the area. The sisters would continue to run the school and separate catechetical classes for the years to come. The order also ran a boarding school/orphanage out of their Motherhouse called Holy Providence.

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Collections

...ithin the Archdiocese as well as those of other dioceses located in the Mid-Atlantic region. The ACHS collection also includes 19th and 20th- century Catholic newspapers, journals, and pamphlets published throughout the United States, as well as the manuscripts of prominent Catholic clergy and laity. Other published materials in the

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Beloved Cardinal Archbishop: John Francis O’Hara

...rt.[13]       [1] McAvoy, Thomas, Father O’Hara of Notre Dame: The Cardinal-Archbishop of Philadelphia, (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1967), [2] “Official Press Book Elevation and Investiture His Eminence John Cardinal O’Hara, C.S.C,” (Philadelphia: Catholic Standard and Times: 1958) [3] McAvoy, Thomas, Father O’Hara of Notre

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