Monsignor Francis X. Meehan

...he Board of Directors of Pax Christi, an organization founded in 1945 that promotes peace, respect of human rights, justice and reconciliation throughout the world. The collection housed at the Catholic Historical Research Center contains many of the writings Monsignor Francis Meehan penned for different journals, such as Catholic Mind

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Redpath’s Illustrated Weekly: a rare find

...of the paper: "I shall try to make this journal an interpreter between American and Irish friends of liberty. As soon as Americans know the true story of Ireland they will support her in every wise effort to overthrow the despotic rule of England." By the third issue, published on

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Recently Processed Collection: John Gilmary Shea Correspondence

..._______________________________________________________ References: The American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia. (1897). Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia Vol. VIII No. 1. Philadelphia: The Society. Archives Archives Select Month July 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 January 2024 November 2023 October 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023

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Canonization of Saint John Neumann

...a pilgrimage to Rome for the week long celebration and canonization of America’s first male saint.   Find all the material we have on Saint John Neumann on our digital catalog and visit the archives to go through the records. [1] P10.173: Solemn canonization of Blessed John Nepomucene Neumann bishop,

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