Parish Histories and Calendars

...rinted articles and editorials. Parish histories and calendars can prove useful for researchers interested in the history of a parish as well as for those conducting genealogical research. For social and cultural historians, they offer a glimpse into parish, and more broadly, Catholic life. Search the collections via our online

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Catholic Newspapers in Philadelphia

...he slogan. The CHRC does not have any issues of Volume 30, January 10, 1862-January 3, 1863. The January 2, 9 and 16, 1864 issues of The Universe: The Catholic Herald and Visitor has the slogan “Official Organ of the Diocese of Philadelphia” under its masthead and carries the recommendation

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The Church and Labor

...mportance of Rerum Novarum, with some comparing its effect on labor to the effect of the Manga Carta on liberty.[4] Msgr. John Ryan, Director of the Social Action Department of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, declared that Pope Leo was the “Pontiff of the Workingman” and that he had “hurled

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Newspapers & Periodicals

...d in 1886 to collect material documenting the history of Catholicism in the United States.   Search the collection via our online catalog.    ...

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