Recap of “To Touch a Saint: Creating a Place for Middle School Students” Grant Program!
...dy of Ransom School, had 572 seventh and eighth grade students visit. This number does not include the teachers, principals, or priests that accompanied them. During their visit, they had an interactive and hands on learning experience, toured the facility, met our Archivists, viewed current exhibits, and saw archival collections.
Recently Processed Collection: John Gilmary Shea Correspondence
...in approximately seven boxes. The bulk of the collection is comprised of incoming correspondence. Some of the larger files with twenty or more letters are from notable figures who helped Shea during his scholarly years. For instance, the collection contains a large file of correspondence between Oscar Wilkes Collet, a
Newspapers & Periodicals
...hrough the 1920’s. Click here for information about Catholic newspapers in Philadelphia. CHRC’s periodical collection, which includes over 600 titles, is comprised mainly of scholarly journals and magazines with a theological, historical, and/or local focus. These journals were collected by the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia which was founded
Liturgical Music and Peter LaManna
...as records detailing the planning of international trips the choirs took, including to Rome for the Canonization of John Neumann and to Poland for a series of concerts. A s Director of Liturgical Music for the Archdiocese, two of his biggest accomplishments were being named Director of Music for the