Collection Development Policy
...f Catholic artifacts, and includes the Cardinal Krol Memorabilia Collection. In order to support study of the collections, CHRC maintains a library with both reference and research materials, including Archdiocesan and National Catholic directories, Philadelphia City directories, and encyclopedias. Secondary sources include scholarship relating to the history of Catholicism in
Saint John Neumann and the Forty Hours Devotion
...idea of the Forty Hours Devotion was presented by Saint John Neumann, C.Ss.R., fourth Bishop of Philadelphia. The devotion was a favorite of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, founder of the Redemptorist Order, saying “Of all devotions, that of adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the greatest after the sacraments, the
Canonization of Saint John Neumann
...Benediction for Neumann.[5] However, in a 1958 letter to Cardinal O’Hara c.s.c., Father Edward Heston, Procurator General of the Congregation of Holy Cross, wrote that a dispensation to move forward with only one miracle would not likely be granted. To get the second miracle, they would have to “prod the