Collections
...tury Catholic newspapers, journals, and pamphlets published throughout the United States, as well as the manuscripts of prominent Catholic clergy and laity. Other published materials in the collection include catechisms, devotional works, liturgical books, and sacred music. CHRC’s image collection contains photographs and other visual materials documenting Catholic clergy, laity,
Archbishop John Carroll
...ssion to Montreal in 1776.[4] After the war, Catholics in the newly formed United States wished to have a separate jurisdiction created so that they 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
Cornelia Connelly, S.H.C.J.
...fter the birth of their third child John Henry, the couple returned to the United States. In Grand Coteau, Louisiana, the Connellys found work: Pierce became a teacher at the Jesuit College of Saint Charles and Cornelia gave music lessons at the Convent of the Sacred Heart. During this time,
Black Catholics in Philadelphia and The Journal
...he help of others within the Catholic community, most notably Katharine Drexel, purchased the former Fourth Presbyterian Church located on the southwest corner of 12th and Lombard Streets, renaming it St. Peter Claver Church. The church was dedicated in 1892. St. Peter Claver Church, circa 1961 The Journal, most likely