Digital Collections
Digital Collections CHRC has a large number of items that have been digitized through various digitization projects, partnerships, patron research requests, and social media initiatives. We endeavor to provide standardized descriptive practices and open access to this growing collection over the web. CHRC's Omeka site features a growing set of
Alliance of Catholic Women
...er notable part of the Alliance was its focus on education. This took on a number of different forms over the years. In 1920 with its first major program, the ACW established an endowment to fund scholarships to the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.[6] Named after an early member, the
Beloved Cardinal Archbishop: John Francis O’Hara
...ion was held at the Conventional Hall the following night with over 15,000 people attending. Judge Vincent Carroll gave the formal welcome speech where he declared that O’Hara would be a “symbol of the only thing of value remaining in this world of rapid change: Faith.”[10] Under O’Hara’s leadership the
Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic Church
...oly reality we call a parish… the real Holy Redeemer is made up of all the people.”[7] However, there was immense pushback from the Chinatown community to the plans, which lead to the creation of the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation to save the church and other parts of Chinatown. After