Catholic Interracial Council

...ions. Thanks to the work of the CICP, the controversy was settled and over time Levittown continued to desegregate. Halvey_L860_005: Catholic Interracial Council. Communion breakfast at St. Elizabeth Parish Hal, 11/11/1956 The following year in 1958, Father Cunnie passed away, leaving the council without a spiritual advisor, which was necessary

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Beloved Cardinal Archbishop: John Francis O’Hara

...52, MC79 90.164c [11] “Beloved Cardinal Archbishop,” Catholic Standard and Times, September 2, 1960. [12] “Official Press Book Elevation and Investiture His Eminence John Cardinal O’Hara, C.S.C,” (Philadelphia: Catholic Standard and Times: 1958) [13] McAvoy, Thomas, Father O’Hara of Notre Dame: The Cardinal-Archbishop of Philadelphia, (Notre Dame: University of Notre

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Herman Joseph Heuser Papers

...azine, from 1900-1908. He was ordained on February 2, 1876 becoming a full time seminary professor at the time of ordination and teaching at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary for over fifty years. The bulk of the collection is correspondence, both personal and professional with the primary concern being articles in

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Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic Church

...ntury. [6] Ibid. [7] Ibid. [8] “Wrecking Halted In Philadelphia,” New York Times, (August 5, 1973), 49, http://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/05/archives/wrecking-halted-in-philadelphia-chinatown-families-protest.html [9] Letter from Cardinal Krol to Governor Shapp, June 8, 1973, Cardinal Krol Collection, Box 162a. [10] Mary Yee, “The Save Chinatown Movement: Surviving Against All Odds,” Pennsylvania Legacies (May 2012), https://hsp.org/sites/default/fil...

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