Philadelphia’s Third Archbishop

...26, 1918. Reference: Connelly, James F. The History of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Archdiocese of Philadelphia, 1976. 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 2023 January 2023 December 2022 September 2022 August

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Cardinal Dougherty and His Golden Jubilee

...n,” in The History of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, ed. James Connelly (Philadelphia: Archdiocese of Philadelphia, 1976), 339. [4] Official Jubilee Volume Fifty Years of Notable Achievement in the Life of His Eminence Dennis Cardinal Dougherty, (Philadelphia: St. Joseph House, 1940), 20. [5] Nolan, “The Native Son,” 340. [6] Official

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Catholic Interracial Council

...when McGarry and Father Cunnie formed the Catholic Interracial Council of Philadelphia (CICP) out of St. Elizabeth Parish in North Philadelphia.[10] Father Cunnie saw the council as a means of providing programs to aid the African American families within his parish. Soon the CICP started a lunch program, kindergarten, clothing

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Catholic Newspapers in Philadelphia

...issue at St. Mary’s Church. It was not an official organ of the Diocese of Philadelphia and has been described as “blasphemous.” No copies of this paper are known to exist. The first genuinely Catholic newspaper in Philadelphia was The Catholic Advocate and Irishman’s Journal. It was started on February

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