A Brief History of the Growing Pains of the Church in Philadelphia
...89 for the German Catholics and by 1808 the population of Catholics in the city had grown to 30,000.[4] Bishop Michael Egan, n.d. The original boundary of the Diocese of Philadelphia included all of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and South Jersey. The first bishop was Michael Francis Egan, who had only 11
Collections
...ncludes the Cardinal Krol Memorabilia Collection. In order to support study of the collections, CHRC maintains a library with both reference and research materials, including Archdiocesan and National Catholic directories, Philadelphia City directories, and encyclopedias. Secondary sources include scholarship relating to the history of Catholicism in the United States as
Packard, Butler and Partridge Lithograph Collection
...ography firm of Haskell and Allen. Butler was a lithographer from New York City. The church lithograph collection contains images of churches from Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Mississippi, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
Higher, Faster, Stronger: The Olympics
...gain at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam. Theresa Shank-Grentz smiles in a publicity photo for the Catholic Standard and Times Philadelphia and the surrounding area have also produced Olympians in the sport of basketball. Theresa Shank-Grentz, an alumnus of Cardinal O’Hara High School, was a member of Immaculata’s Mighty Macs