Daughters of Charity Nursed Wounded Civil War Soldiers at West Philadelphia hospital

...community since the establishment of the Diocese of Philadelphia two centuries ago. These women, who have and who continue to devote their lives to the betterment of society have played a pivotal role in social work, education and medicine. As we begin to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the start

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Catholic Interracial Council

Halvey_M133_005: Catholic Interracial Council of Philadelphia. Teachers' conference St. Elizabeth's Church, 03/16/1957 In the 1930s, there was a growing interest in cooperation between white and black Catholics to work against prejudice and towards interracial justice. This led to the creation of the Catholic Interracial Council of New York in 1934

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Graphics

CHRC has numerous images of churches, religious persons, events and places relating to the history of the Archdiocese. Although not comprehensive, researchers can view lists of miscellaneous religious images as well as church images that the Archives has in its collection. In addition, our oversized graphics have been digitized and

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Digital Collections

Digital Collections CHRC has a large number of items that have been digitized through various digitization projects, partnerships, patron research requests, and social media initiatives. We endeavor to provide standardized descriptive practices and open access to this growing collection over the web. CHRC's Omeka site features a growing set of

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