World War One Army Chaplains
...Catholic Standard and Times, September 28, 1918. [9] Gibbons, Chris, “A Phila. Chaplain’s Heroic WWI Acts,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 1, 2017, http://www2.philly.com/philly/opinion/20170101_A_Phila__chaplain_s_heroic_WWI_acts.html. [10] “Funeral,” CST, July 8, 1949. [11] Archdiocese of Philadelphia Record of Priests Joseph L. Wolfe. Archives Archives Select Month July 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March
An “Un-American Invention”?: Catholics and the Issue of Prohibition
.... Indeed, it was only through lawsuits in states with “bone-dry” laws like Oklahoma did Catholics preserve the right to obtain and use altar wine.[6] Catholic Total Abstinence Union https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/7025 However, this does not mean that Catholics were always in favor of alcohol. As discussed in a
Collection Development Policy
...delphia City directories, and encyclopedias. Secondary sources include scholarship relating to the history of Catholicism in the United States as well as social and cultural histories of the various ethnicities that shaped the American Catholic Church. CHRC does not actively collect non-institutional records, but welcomes donations of print and non-print
Parish Histories and Calendars
...cting parish history research. Fr. Michetti blesses those being sent off to fight during WWI, St. Donato, 1917 Sisters of Nazareth members serving St. Hedwig's Parish, Philadelphia, 1957 Casa del Carmen summer school outing, St. Malachy, 1963 Baseball team, St. Patrick, Norristown, 1931...