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...012. The material can be access by visiting: https://thecatholicnewsarchive.org/ Parish Mapping Project Explore our maps of the parish boundaries from different points over the history of the Archdiocese: View the 1971 parish boundary map here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1kAuttxjUNIOTogr05zzDB31kB9gq4myC&usp=sharing View the 1921 parish boundary map here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=12hZun1-1hUN1DowqK7ICETiiYl4dIndo&us...
A Brief History of the Growing Pains of the Church in Philadelphia
...lic Historical Research Center Digital Collections https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/7133 While the founding of Philadelphia as a diocese dates back to 1808 when it was separated from the Archdiocese of Baltimore, the history of the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania dates back another hundred years. The first Mass in Philadelphia was said in 1708
Cardinal Dougherty and His Golden Jubilee
...6/05/1940, Parade and Field Mass Folder, 1990.284, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8247. [2] “300,000 Unite in Stirring Act of Faith and Patriotism,” Catholic Standard and Times, October 9, 1926. [3] Hugh Nolan, “The Native Son,” in The History of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, ed. James Connelly (Philadelphia: Archdiocese of Philadelphia, 1976), 339. [4] Official
Dougherty’s Movie Boycott
...Dougherty, “Letter to Priests of the Archdiocese,” https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/7868 On May 23, 1934, Cardinal Dougherty called on all Catholics living in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to boycott motion picture theaters.[1] By doing so, Dougherty declared it sinful for any of the area’s 800,000 Catholics to enter a movie theater. In his