Canonization of Saint John Neumann

...cient evidence.[4] Pilgrims to Beatification, Aeronews 32823. In 1957, 170 American bishops signed a letter to Pope Pius XIII requesting an Apostolic Benediction for Neumann.[5] However, in a 1958 letter to Cardinal O’Hara c.s.c., Father Edward Heston, Procurator General of the Congregation of Holy Cross, wrote that a dispensation to

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Research

...se records be closed to researchers for varying lengths of time. Access to American Catholic Historical Society collections is practically unlimited and major portions of the Seminary, Archdiocesan and Drexel materials are open to researchers. Use of Archdiocesan departmental records requires the permission of the department. The reference services offered

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Other resources/repositories

...the Philadelphia area Archdiocese of Philadelphia St. John Neumann Shrine American Catholic Historical Society LaSalle University Archives Old St. Joseph's Church St. Charles Borromeo Seminary Ryan Memorial Library at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary Villanova University Digital Library Philadelphia City Archives Marriage Record Office Free Library of Philadelphia National Archives Mid-Atlantic

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CORDUM

...uth in parish life, the permanent diaconate among the Hispanic and African-American populations, and the creation of programs that attempt to meet the human needs of the people in each church’s area. After the publication of the final report in 1975 until 1981, CORDUM would continue to study, inform, and

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