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...ections: [Indicate cited item or series here], Collection Name, Collection number, Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. Photographs: In general, only photographs from the Robert Halvey Collection are to be published with written permission from CHRC. These photographs are to be captioned: Courtesy of the

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Bartholomew F. Fair papers, 1906-1966 (MC 24)

...pointment as pastor of St. Raymond of Penafort parish in 1967. During this time, he also served as assistant pastor at several other parishes within the Philadelphia Archdiocese. He was also a member of the Commission for Sacred Liturgy and served as Spiritual Director for the Children of Mary at

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Education

...stem, which he saw as essential to American freedom and democracy. At this time, Catholics were protesting the use of Protestant bibles in public schools. Also, the rise of parochial schools (schools run by a parish) and attempts by politicians to use government money to fund these schools caused concern

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Priest and Rosary Calm Tension – Oral History Interview

...ead of the Police Department’s Civil Affairs Unit), would call me. And one time we were up there and I had to bring in Spanish priests you know. And they were good. They’d come out, you know and we decided that one way of calming the situation down was to

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