Research guide for parish histories

...in in 1897. The spiritual, or pastoral, report contains information on the number of Catholic families and individuals in the parish, school enrollment, sacraments administered and other information on the practice of the faith within the parish. The financial report includes information such as income from weekly and special collections,

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Daughters of Charity Nursed Wounded Civil War Soldiers at West Philadelphia hospital

...hospital in a single month. The following month of August saw the greatest number of deaths in any one month, averaging at least one per day. In just one year, patients consumed more than 800,000 pounds of bread, 16,000 pounds of butter and 334,000 quarts of milk. During the war,

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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

...n, "Bishops back national collection in 2017 to complete shrine mosaics," Catholic News Service, http://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2015/bishops-back-national-collection-in-2017-to-complete-shrine-mosaics.cfm. [17] “Overview of Shrine History, Significance and Current Status," 1. Archives Archives Select Month July 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 January 2024 November 2023 October 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February

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Black Catholic periodicals

...gh it lasted less than a year, The Journal spoke to Philadelphia’s growing number of Black Catholics. It appears that PAHRC is the only institution that has this publication. PAHRC also has a single issue of The Catholic Herald (February 18, 1905) which was published in Washington D.C. I have

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