Newman Centers

...would begin to open in Philadelphia area schools, including Temple and Drexel as well as many of the medical colleges such as Hahnemann and the Woman’s Medical College.[6] And by the 1940s, a majority of local non-Catholic colleges had their own Newman Centers from state schools such as Penn State

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Anti-Catholicism in Jacksonian Philadelphia

...The 1844 riots shaped both the growth and development of the city of Philadelphia as well as Catholicism in Philadelphia. They led to the consolidation of the city and county of Philadelphia and the establishment of an organized police force. Moreover, the riots resulted in the creation of a distinct

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The Bishop’s Bank

...history of an institution but also of its individual depositors. The Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center holds the ledgers and journals of the Bishop's bank. The ledger books contain the individual accounts for each depositor, and serve as a rich source of historical information. In addition to account information, they

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Elizabeth Sarah Kite and the Seminaries of France

...is church. As such, he appealed to the Dean of the American Hierarchy for help. John D. Rockefeller was among those who gave money for the restoration of the cathedral, which was eventually finished in 1938. Incidentally, Reims is where the Germans officially surrendered to President Eisenhower in 1945, one

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