Priest and Rosary Calm Tension – Oral History Interview
...olvement with the Philadelphia Police Department​ as they joined forces to calm tensions in the inner city. Msgr. Devlin was later appointed Director of the Cardinal's Commission on Human Relations. http://www.pahrc.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Devlin-online-clip-1.wav Devlin: George Fencl, (Chief Inspector and head of the Police Department’s Civil Affairs Unit), would call me. And one
Edward F. Hawks papers, 1900-1952 (MC 15)
...came a priest in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, where he served for several years as a parish curate. During World War I, he served as a chaplain in the Canadian army. When he returned to Philadelphia in 1919, he established St. Joan of Arc parish, where he remained until his
Historic Resting Place for Famous and Faithful
...of Holy Trinity acquired a strip of land from St. Mary’s to be used specifically for burials of their members. The two parishes continued to share the burial ground for the next century. Early meetings of St. Mary's Board of Trustees, which are documented in the parish's Minute Books, discuss
Education
...ation While Thomas Nast had used cartoons to attack Catholic education, many Catholic cartoonists used their drawings to highlight its importance in modern society. Wolf, “Complete Education,” October 4, 1963 By including a religion textbook and a Bible, Wolf highlights the idea that a child’s education would be incomplete