Vistarama

...course of the seven days, the exhibit space averaged 50,000 attendees per day. In total 500,000 visitors, including 150,000 school children, passed through the Hall to learn about the missionary history of the Church from the first pope, Peter, to the then current pope, Pius XII. Beyond the displays, the

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Victory Mass

...$100 from each parish to offset the expenses.[4]   SB-26; CHRC     On the day of the Mass, over 21,000 people were crammed into Convention Hall, with three overflow Masses occurring around the Hall for those who could not fit inside.[5] Since the Mass would be seen as speaking

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Citation Information

...ections: [Indicate cited item or series here], Collection Name, Collection number, Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. Photographs: In general, only photographs from the Robert Halvey Collection are to be published with written permission from CHRC. These photographs are to be captioned: Courtesy of the

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FAQ

...ailable on online catalog. Through our Omeka site we have made available a number of digitized material, including the over-sized graphics collections and some pamphlets, newspapers, and correspondence. CHRC has also partnered with the Digital Library @ Villanova University. Falvey Library has digitized materials from our collection, the majority of

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