Catholics in WWII
...ications in France. He stated in the letter that the coast itself was like New Jersey, however, “all of the beaches are one mass of tank barriers and fortifications which go as far as you can see.”[2] Boylan wrote to Dougherty in May of 1945 that there was little American
Collections
...ets and other printed materials relating to subjects of Catholic interest. Newspapers CHRC holds one of the largest collections of Catholic newspapers and periodicals in the United States. Parish Histories and Calendars Consists of published parish histories as well as other printed material and ephemera relating to a particular
A Brief History of the Growing Pains of the Church in Philadelphia
...of the Most Rev. John Carroll, Bishop and First Archbishop of Baltimore, (New York: 1888). [4] Thomas Rzeznik, “Roman Catholic Parishes,” The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia, http://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/roman-catholic-parishes/; “A Brief History of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia,” Archdiocese of Philadelphia, http://archphila.org/about/. [5] The Catholic Standard and Times, (July 29, 1976); “The Catholic
The Vatican – Marian Year Stamp Philatelic Exhibition
...second part of the exhibit consisted of stamps issued by the Papal States between 1852 and 1870, as well as smaller exhibits loaned by prominent collectors. The Papal States were a collection of territories in central Italy that were directly governed by the Pope, essentially acting as a separate state