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...MyPast! The Catholic Heritage Archive is a digital archives containing thousands of parish records! You can flip through the marriage and baptismal records for each of the Archdiocese's parishes and best of all its FREE to use! https://www.catholicheritagearchive.com/     New Digital Resources Available! CHRC joined with FindMyPast to make

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Thomas Nast Anti-Catholic Cartoons

...e cartoon, Uncle Sam can be seen grabbing a gun above a plaque that reads "free for all; no sectarianism,” implying that the only way to protect the schools, and by extension America, is to eliminate the Catholic Church. The second cartoon takes much of its inspiration from Hamlet as

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Roman Catholic and Archdiocese High Schools

...cation because of its parish school system. As the first diocese to have a free boys’ and a girls’ high schools, other dioceses once again looked to Philadelphia as a guide to expanding educational opportunities.   [1] IC119, Will of Thomas E. Cahill & Charter and Constitution and By-Laws of

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Eden Hall

...t Catharine’s grade school recited the rosary, the students of the Academy sang In Paradiso, and the Religious stood with lighted candles in front of their building. For 122 years, Eden Hall stood to educate girls from around the world. However, due to financial troubles, the school and convent closed

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