About CHRC
...country. Mission Statement The purpose of the Catholic Historical Research Center (CHRC) is to collect, preserve, and make available for research the official records of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and those ancillary records and items that reflect the growth and development of Catholicism within the Archdiocese in accordance with the
Victory Mass
...pport War Effort,” SB-36 June 1942-Dec. 1942; Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. [7] Leslie White, Modern Capitalist Culture, (New York: Routledge, 2016), 257. [8] “Solemn Pontifical Mass,” 196. [9] Ibid., 196-197. [10] Ibid., 198. [11] Ibid., 199. [12] Richard Harkness, Spiritual Bouquet Given to President,” Philadelphia
The Bishop’s Bank
...s individual depositors. The Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center holds the ledgers and journals of the Bishop's bank. The ledger books contain the individual accounts for each depositor, and serve as a rich source of historical information. In addition to account information, they include notations on the depositors. Most of
A Brief History of the Growing Pains of the Church in Philadelphia
...authority of the bishop in a 1822 ruling.[9] Catholic Historical Research Center Digital Collections https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/7134 With the questions of authority resolved, the Church continued to grow under Conwell and his successor Francis Kenrick. Kenrick was actually appointed as coadjutor to Conwell in 1830 and would become the third bishop in