Other resources/repositories

...PA Chester County Historical Society Bucks County Historical Society Delaware County Historical Society Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records The Pennsylvania State Archives Useful links Catholic Research Resources Alliance The Vatican Catholic History Links Catholic Online Directory Pope John Paul II Cultural Center New Advent/Catholic Encyclopedia The Hierarchy of the Catholic

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The Centennial Fountain

...American Centennial Fountain,” Master’s Thesis (University of Pennsylvania, 2002), 7. [3] Gibbs, History of the Catholic, 34. [4] Gasparini, “A Celebration of Moral Force,” 25. [5] Ibid., 31-32. [6] Gibbs, History of the Catholic, 34 [7] Gasparini, “A Celebration of Moral Force,” 22. [8] Gibbs, History of the Catholic, 34.

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Interesting film history finds in the Parish Calendar collection

...ts as well as marriage and death announcements. Unlike the weekly bulletins, however, the calendars were printed monthly and include much more content. They provide parish history information, including reprinted articles or excerpts from the diocesan newspaper The Catholic Standard and Times that covered prominent events such as the dedication

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Jane and Marianne Campbell: Catholic Feminists

...ws came in the form of the magazine Woman’s Progress in literature, science, art, education, and politics, which Marianne founded in 1893. Jane served as the magazine’s editor. Under the pseudonyms “T.S. Arthur” and “Catherine Osborne,” Marianne contributed many articles. The periodical, according to its editor, was to “be a

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