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...ailable on online catalog. Through our Omeka site we have made available a number of digitized material, including the over-sized graphics collections and some pamphlets, newspapers, and correspondence. CHRC has also partnered with the Digital Library @ Villanova University. Falvey Library has digitized materials from our collection, the majority of
Neumann Canonization
...ann’s Life At the age of 48, Bishop John Nepomucene Neumann passed away on January 5, 1860, from a heart attack. In his short time as Bishop of Philadelphia, Neumann built 89 churches, set up the modern Catholic school system, introduced the Forty Hours Devotion, and founded the Third Order
Education
...America, is to eliminate the Church. “Madness (Yet there’s method in it),” January 15, 1876 This cartoon takes much of its inspiration from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet as Uncle Sam banishes a nun from a school to a convent. Nast’s anti-Catholic sentiment was made even clearer by the use of the
Catholic Standard and Times records, 1909-1941 (MC 27)
The Catholic Standard was first published on January 6, 1866 as the official organ of the Diocese of Philadelphia. The Catholic Times first appeared on December 3, 1892. The two papers merged at the end of November 1895 and the first issue of The Catholic Standard and Times was published