Pilgrimage of Hope
...our guide showed us where the bones of Saint Peter rest. Our guide gave us time for private prayer before leaving. The four Holy Doors opened L to R: Saint Paul Outside the Walls, Saint Peter's, Saint Mary Major, and Saint John Lateran As mentioned in a previous blog, one
The Day the Bronx Bomber Played in Kensington
...ed for fun, not profit. These thoughts may just be nostalgic longing for a time that never really existed. But there are stories that illustrate there once were simpler times. One of these stories took place in a Catholic parish in Philadelphia and involved the greatest baseball player of his
The Bishop’s Bank
...ese, the majority of depositors were Irish. This is evident from the large number of Irish surnames and the notations listing the various counties in Ireland as the place of origin. Other notations are more lengthy. They might include personal information about the depositor or instructions on distributing money. They
Digitizing the Halvey Photograph Collection, Step One
...tives in a sample population of envelopes, as each envelope contains a sometimes vastly different number of negatives. Based on the results, we can reasonably estimate that the collection has approximately 350,000 negatives. Our next step is to begin cataloging the images using Past Perfect. Stay tuned for more blog