Interesting film history finds in the Parish Calendar collection

...ack then. Hackett is virtually unknown in 2011, but he was certainly a popular actor in his day and still remains an interesting historical figure. There are two related articles within this August 1940 calendar on the topic of children watching movies. Both articles are fascinating as they show that

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Herman Joseph Heuser papers, 1811-1933 (MC 1)

...astical Review, Heuser also organized and directed the Dolphin Press of Philadelphia, which printed many ecclesiastical works. From 1900 to 1908 he published the Dolphin, a general Catholic literary magazine that began as a book supplement to the American Ecclesiastical Review. In 1907, during the controversy over Modernism, Heuser was

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Canonization of Saint John Neumann

...ty: Tipografia Poliglotto Vaticana, 1977), 11-12. [2] AC 2010.061 Box 1 Philadelphinensis Beatificationis et Canonizationis Servi Dei Joannis Nepomuceni Neumann. Olim Episcopi Philadelphiensis et Alumni Congnis SSini Redemptoris, Session 1, May 1886. [3] P010.319: Bishop Neumann, Pilgrim: Canonization Week Handbook, June 19 - June 27, 1977, (Chicago: G.I.A. Publications, 1977),

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Parish Mapping Project

...that we have had to overcome is the change in the landscape and names of places. Many of the locations or names of streets that were used to describe the boundaries of a parish have either been removed or have changed over the years. When this has happened, we have

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