Catholics in WWII
...at Lisieux from being bombed during the liberation of Europe.[1] Letter to Cardinal Dougherty fromCaptain Harry Boylan, 05/28/1945, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8233 One of the main pieces of correspondence from soldiers is between Cardinal Dougherty and his grandnephew, Harry Boylan. The letters cover Boylan’s time from basic training to the end of the
Philadelphia’s First Catholic Cathedral
...nd St. Augustine. Of the four, Old St. Mary’s was selected to be the first Catholic Cathedral of the diocese. Due to this, work soon began to increase the size of the church so that 36 new pews could be added. The trustee minutes declared that “our funds are unequal
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
...000 in today’s money).[1] The site of the national shrine was to be on the campus of The Catholic University of America in Washington D.C., which Msgr. Shahan was the rector of at the time. Shahan’s desire for the building of the shrine stemmed from the large Marian devotion during
Packard, Butler and Partridge Lithograph Collection
...er may have been sold simply to raise money for the church. St. Paul's Cathedral, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Catholic churches were not the only lithographs created by Packard, Butler and Partridge. The PAHRC collection includes a few lithographs of Catholic institutions: Convent of the Sisters of Mercy, Brooklyn, New York