Centenarian Priest Speaks of Bells and Prayer – Oral History Interview

...n to him describe this memory, or read the excerpt below. http://www.pahrc.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/Monaghan-edited-online-clip.wav And I remember going into the church and being there for the whole Mass. Now she had to carry my brother in her arms and my sister just about walking, and I was about 4 years old. 4-1/2,

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Monsignor Hugh J. Nolan

...nova University. Reverend Nolan made many scholarly contributions over the years. For ten years, starting in 1945, he served as editor for the American Catholic Historical Society. In addition, Reverend Nolan contributed biographies of Bishop Kenrick and Cardinal Dennis Dougherty for The History of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, published in

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Archbishop Ryan

...1] Patrick Ryan, Archbishop Patrick John Ryan: His Life and Times, Ireland - St. Louis – Philadelphia, 1831-1911, Author House, 2010), 20. [2] Joseph Kirlin, Life of Most Rev. P.J. Ryan D.D., LL.D. Archbishop of Philadelphia and the Record of His Golden Jubilee, (Philadelphia: Gibbons Publishing Company, 1903), 8. [3]

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Roman Catholic and Archdiocese High Schools

...cords: Box 1,Folder 1. [10] IC108, Hallahan: The Story of Fifty Years, 1901-1951, 18-19. [11] Catholic Standard and Times. September 14, 1989, A9. [12] Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Office of the Superintendent of Schools: Report to the Community: Catholic Secondary education in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, P016.070. Archives Archives Select Month

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