William J. Lallou papers, circa 1890-1973 (MC 55)

...or several years at St. Charles Seminary and at the Catholic University of America where he himself received his bachelor’s degree and doctorate. He authored The fifty years of the apostolic delegation (1943), and was named a domestic prelate by Pope John XXIII in 1959. This collection contains sermons as

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National Council of Catholic Women

Members of the National Council of Catholic Women with President Hoover at the White House, 10/17/1929 Lay women associations have a long history in the Catholic Church. One such organization is the National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW). Unlike other female groups, the NCCW was founded in 1920 as part

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Bishop Francis Kenrick and His Journals

...Kenrick.” Edited Appleton’s Enyclopedia. Virtualology, 2001. <http://famousamericans.net/francispatrickkenrick/>. Nolan, Hugh J. Francis Patrick Kenrick: Third Bishop of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, 1948. O'Shea, John J. "Francis Patrick and Peter Richard Kenrick." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08618a.htm>. Archives A...

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Monsignor Hugh J. Nolan

...er the years. For ten years, starting in 1945, he served as editor for the American Catholic Historical Society. In addition, Reverend Nolan contributed biographies of Bishop Kenrick and Cardinal Dennis Dougherty for The History of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, published in 1976 for the American Bicentennial. On the parish

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