...rs Devotion, and founded the Third Order of Saint Francis. It was not long after his death that calls were being made to open his cause for canonization. In May of 1886, the Diocese of Philadelphia and his order, the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists), held the first

...ests requiring more than 3 hours of research cannot be performed by CHRC staff. Back to top Q: Have any of the materials from the collection been digitized? A: Finding aids for the bishops’ papers and some other manuscript collections are available on online catalog. Through our Omeka site we

...contact CHRC staff for more information. Researchers should contact individual parishes or schools for information. Also, if a school or academy was run by a particular religious order, researchers should contact the order's archives for information. Rectory ground-breaking ceremony, Most Precious Blood, 1916...

...earchers should look through records one folder at a time, maintaining the order in which they were received. Researchers are requested to notify the Archivist if anything appears to be out of order; do not rearrange them yourself. Please use a “common sense” approach when handling materials. Smoking is prohibited.