Research guide for parish histories
...can access when seeking information on the history of a parish. Resources mostly provide information for those parishes currently located within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia; however, some materials relating to the history of parishes in surrounding dioceses and states are available. Records for parishes that were once part of the
Catholics in WWII
...art of the war, Cardinal Dougherty was involved in the war effect, as seen most clearly with the Victory Mass he organized in November of 1942. He also took an active interest in protecting Catholic churches across Europe from destruction. For instance, correspondence from the White House revealed that Dougherty
Digitizing the Halvey Photograph Collection, Step One
...ilm. These negatives are in 4x5 single sheets and 3x5 35mm or 7.5x1.5 70mm strips. Safety film is named for its inflammability, but is nonetheless unstable and subject to deterioration. This makes reformatting the images crucial to their preservation. The first step in preparing the photographic negatives for digitization was
Black Catholic periodicals
...number of prominent men (the actual number is not known) gathered in Baltimore for the first black Catholic lay congress in the country’s history. The emergence of this community was largely due to the efforts of Daniel Rudd, the “leading Catholic representative of the Negro Race.” It also appears to