Packard, Butler and Partridge Lithograph Collection

...ippi, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, and a few from Canada, mainly Montreal. More information on the collection can be found here.   St. Agatha's Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Reverend B.F. McLoughlin...

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Starting from Scratch: The Story of Msgr. Hawks and St. Joan of Arc Parish

...the new parish was needed. The Chancellor rung me up to obtain the desired information. I told him without a moment’s hesitation that its name was St. Joan of Arc; and this it became from that moment.” The next challenge was acquiring the land where the parish buildings were to

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Building of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul

.../29/1857, MC75_50.573. [11] Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul- Philadelphia: Information for Obtaining Title of Minor Basilica, 1976. [12] A Brief History, 1917, 10. [13] Golden Jubilee, 1915. [14] Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, 2005. Archives Archives Select Month June 2025 May 2025 April 2025 March 2025 December

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