Graphics

...have been digitized and are available through our Omeka site. Please note that only some of our graphic materials, specifically our lithograph collection, can be searched on our online catalog. Many of these records do not have images attached. If there is an image that you would like to have

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Research guide for parish histories

...can view lists of miscellaneous religious images as well as church images that the Archives has in its collection. Researchers can contact CHRC staff for images that they would like to have researched. School records Although CHRC has some administrative materials concerning Archdiocesan schools as well as information regarding the

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The Right Reverend Monsignor Louis Meyer papers, 1910-2007 (MC 91)

...an Army chaplain during World War II, and was stationed in the China-Burma-India Theater until 1946. Upon his discharge from the service, Meyer resumed his parish duties in Philadelphia. He was elevated to Monsignor in 1965, retired in 1972, and passed away in 1985. The Right Reverend Monsignor Louis Meyer

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Catholic Newspapers in Philadelphia

...es was published on December 7, 1895. This paper continues to be published today as the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The last issue of The Catholic Standard was published on November 30, 1895 and the last issue of The Catholic Times appeared November 23, 1895. Another Catholic

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