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...Omeka Exbihits Cartooning Catholics Philly in Focus...

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...Philadelphia Pamphlets Parish Histories and Calendars Digital Collections Online Catalog Blog Online Exhibits Slide 5 Current Exhibit: Gift of Finest Wheat The Story of the 41st International Eucharistic Congress Discover the Exhibit Slide 2 Newspaper Collection CHRC holds one of the largest collections of Catholic newspapers in the United States.

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Portrait photograph of Robert M. O'Reilly, circa 1870

A lengthy and active military career

.... For a time, O'Reilly was stationed at Red Cloud Agency, one of the first reservations established by the U.S. government, located in the northwestern corner of present-day Nebraska. This agency served as one of the centers of activity during the Sioux Wars of 1876-77. The government assigned troops to

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Black Catholic periodicals

...oseph’s Seminary, the Josephites established black missions throughout the country and abroad. The Colored Harvest (October 1893) A photograph of St. Francis school and church in Natchez, Missouri (October 1893 issue) Photographs depicting May processions and high school graduates from several parish schools and academies in Baltimore and the surrounding

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