Recently Processed Collection: John Gilmary Shea Correspondence
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Research guide for parish histories
...nformation regarding the history of some educational institutions, CHRC in general does not have school records. The Archives has some school records, report cards mostly, for three parochial schools: St. Teresa of Avila, St. Peter Claver, and St. Philip Neri. Please contact CHRC staff for more information. Researchers should contact
Collection Development Policy
...s, journals and diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, artifacts, books, pamphlets and other materials that pertain to the history, development and practice of the Catholic Church in Southeastern Pennsylvania. If you are interested in donating materials to the CHRC, please contact Patrick Shank, Archivist, first to identify which items are appropriate for
Archbishop John Carroll
...ey would no longer be under the Vicar Apostolic of London. So in 1783, the American Catholic clergy sent a letter to the pope requesting a new American apostolic. On June 9, 1783, Pope Pius VI made John Carroll the Superior of the Mission in the Thirteen United States of