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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Beloved Cardinal Archbishop: John Francis O’Hara

...he was installed as the Bishop of Buffalo where he remained for the next 6 years.[3] O’Hara was appointed head of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on Nov 24, 1951. At the time it was the one of largest dioceses in the county, with over a million Catholics, 2,000 priests, and

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Internships/Volunteer

...ladelphia. CHRC only accepts as many interns and volunteers as we have the time to train and supervise. INTERNS CHRC is currently seeking individuals who wish to gain practical experience in a professional archival setting. Projects may include processing manuscript collections, cataloging photographs and pamphlets, and re-housing manuscript and print

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Interesting film history finds in the Parish Calendar collection

...age of 57. The article is noteworthy for its praise of a non-Catholic at a time when anti-Catholic sentiment was commonplace. Hackett was able to put religious differences aside to work with Catholics and entertain the troops, which the tone of the article seems to imply did not happen too

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