About CHRC
...al Research Center (CHRC) of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia was created in 1989 by His Eminence Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua to collect, preserve, and make available to the public the historical sources illuminating the growth of Catholicism in the United States. CHRC’s collection includes records that document the history of the
CORDUM
...people in each church’s area. After the publication of the final report in 1975 until 1981, CORDUM would continue to study, inform, and implement the recommendations. With the formation of the Cardinal’s Commission on Human Relations and Urban Ministry in 1981, CORDUM was disbanded. The collection at the Catholic Historical
Starting from Scratch: The Story of Msgr. Hawks and St. Joan of Arc Parish
...s was appointed by Archbishop Dennis Dougherty to found a new parish on Oct 1, 1919. To which he wrote “to be a pastor is the dearest ambition of almost every priest, to be a good pastor is to reach the greatest glory of the priesthood” The first issue for
The Battle of Antietam: a Philadelphia soldier’s experience
...the Battle of Seven Pines, which took place in Virginia on May 31 and June 1, 1862]. it was four miles long and the dead lie all along in lines in one place there was a regular line of battle for about one hundred yards they lay in twos where