World War One Army Chaplains

...Catholic Standard and Times, September 28, 1918. [9] Gibbons, Chris, “A Phila. Chaplain’s Heroic WWI Acts,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 1, 2017, http://www2.philly.com/philly/opinion/20170101_A_Phila__chaplain_s_heroic_WWI_acts.html. [10] “Funeral,” CST, July 8, 1949. [11] Archdiocese of Philadelphia Record of Priests Joseph L. Wolfe. Archives Archives Select Month July 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March

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Packard, Butler and Partridge Lithograph Collection

...tone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers at the Library Company of Philadelphia and Philadelphia City Directories. More information can be found at: http://www.librarycompany.org/pos/posdictionary.htm Archives Archives Select Month July 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 January 2024 November 2023 October 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023

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American Federation of Catholic Societies

...ienced mainly growing pains, indeed, at the 5th annual convention they complained about the number of societies not fully paying their dues which made it difficult to fund the work.[10] One of the committees at both the national and state level that had the most impact was the legislative committee.

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Philadelphia’s First Bishop

...ing greatly appealed to the prestigious congregation of Saint Mary’s in Philadelphia. The lay trustees elected him as one of the pastors in 1803, and Father Egan moved from Lancaster to Philadelphia. After Egan’s appointment as bishop, Saint Mary’s became the diocesan procathedral (an existing parish church used as a

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