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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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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Building of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul

...funds from donations from the Catholics of the diocese, which at this time numbered 60,000 in the Philadelphia area.[4] Despite the possible challenges, things started off well. Napoleon Le Brun, who also built St. Augustine’s and St. Patrick’s, was hired as the architect.[5] The building quickly got under way with

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Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute

...P018.376, 18. [5] CS&T, Dec 15, 1950, 14 [6] Highlights, P018.376, 21. [7] New Year’s Greetings: To His Eminence, Dennis Cardinal Dougherty and report on the activities of the Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute, 1944, MC78_80.3436, 8. [8] John, McClarren, A Short Story of the Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute, (Philadelphia: 1940),

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