Centenarian Priest Speaks of Bells and Prayer – Oral History Interview
Monsignor Charles Monaghan, the oldest priest in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, turned 100 on March 31, 2015. In a 2007 taped interview, Msgr. Monaghan spoke of his earliest desire to be a priest, which came in the form of bells at Ascension of Our Lord Church. Click the link below
Priest and Rosary Calm Tension – Oral History Interview
Msgr. Devlin, in an oral history interview from 2008, reflects on his involvement with the Philadelphia Police Department as they joined forces to calm tensions in the inner city. Msgr. Devlin was later appointed Director of the Cardinal's Commission on Human Relations. http://www.pahrc.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Devlin-online-clip-1.wav Devlin: George Fencl, (Chief Inspector and head
A Brief History of the Growing Pains of the Church in Philadelphia
Catholic 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
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As a volunteer at CHRC this summer, I was tasked with labeling descriptions of letters from the journal of Bishop Francis Kenrick, who served as bishop of Philadelphia from 1830 (?) until 1851. After noting the page on which each letter started, I marked whether the letter was written in