Newman Centers

...ladelphia, vol LXXIV, no 2, June 1963, 116. [11] Newman Club Manual: A Handbook for Newman Club Chaplains and Leaders, (Newman Club Federation: Washington, 1951) P015.296 [12] Catholic Campus Ministry, West Chester State College, P018.966, Krol Collection, Letter to Paul Hallinan form John Krol, 03-06-1962, National Newman Chaplains’ Association [13]

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Anti-Catholicism in Jacksonian Philadelphia

...olstered Protestant beliefs that the Catholic Church was incompatible with American values. In 1842, the American Protestant Association was formed in Philadelphia by more than 50 Protestant clergymen from every denomination. The APA’s objective was to alert the public, through lectures, publications, and revivals, to the dangers of popery, or

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About CHRC

...story of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia as well as the collections of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, the oldest Catholic historical society in the country. Mission Statement The purpose of the Catholic Historical Research Center (CHRC) is to collect, preserve, and make available for research the official records

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Liturgical Week

...phia. To that end, he invited the Liturgical Conference, an association of American clergy and laity that promotes understanding of the liturgy, to hold its 24th Annual North American Liturgical Week in the city. His goal was to have “full, active participation of the congregation to the extent permitted by

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