Irish Catholics and Secret Societies

...ishop James Bayley form Bishop James Wood, 02/01/1865, MC 75_51.1016. [13] Newspaper Clipping, “The Holy See and the Fenians,” 07/13/1865, MC75_52.556 [14] News Clipping, “Father Lavelle’s appeal,”51.204f [15] Letter to Father Moriarty from Bishop Wood, 5/14/1964, MC751.204d, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8441. [16] Letter to Bishop Wood form Father Moriarty, 05/15/1864, MC75_51.204e, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8440 [17]

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Monsignor Hugh J. Nolan

...the parish, he eliminated the parish debt and oversaw the construction of new parish buildings, such as the rectory, Adoration Chapel, and the All-Purpose Building. After retiring as pastor in 1989, Reverend Nolan was named Pastor Emeritus. Pope John Paul II named his Honorary Prelate to His Holiness in 1991,

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James Buchanan materials at the Archdiocesan Archives?

...ean that way. This is to sink the names of Democrat and Whig and to form a new Union party. Page 2 Buchanan shares his views on the separation of church and state on the third page: If there is anything in world which I do despise it is attempts

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Associations & Institutions

...ontains various printed material on Catholic institutions in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, New York, Maryland and Washington, D.C. A variety of types of institutions are included, especially hospitals, orphanages, and colleges. Types of material include institutional histories and anniversary books, annual reports, prospectuses and course catalogs. Also included are ephemera

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