The Centennial Fountain

...Catholic, 34. [4] Gasparini, “A Celebration of Moral Force,” 25. [5] Ibid., 31-32. [6] Gibbs, History of the Catholic, 34 [7] Gasparini, “A Celebration of Moral Force,” 22. [8] Gibbs, History of the Catholic, 34. [9] Ibid., 34. [10] Gasparini, “A Celebration of Moral Force,” 24. [11] Gasparini, “A Celebration

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Interesting film history finds in the Parish Calendar collection

...article is noteworthy for its praise of a non-Catholic at a time when anti-Catholic sentiment was commonplace. Hackett was able to put religious differences aside to work with Catholics and entertain the troops, which the tone of the article seems to imply did not happen too often back then. Hackett

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Cartooning Catholics

...CatholicPhilly.com: http://catholicphilly.com/2019/11/news/local-news/philadelphia-archives-offers-glimpse-into-catholic-cartoons/ Northeast Times: http://northeasttimes.com/2019/10/16/cartoons-brought-to-the-forefront-at-catholic-exhibit/ Aleteia: http://aleteia.org/2019/10/19/from-nast-to-family-circus-philadelphia-exhibit-shows-how-catholics-have-been-depicted-in-cartoons/...

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Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic Church

...st 5, 1973), 49, http://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/05/archives/wrecking-halted-in-philadelphia-chinatown-families-protest.html [9] Letter from Cardinal Krol to Governor Shapp, June 8, 1973, Cardinal Krol Collection, Box 162a. [10] Mary Yee, “The Save Chinatown Movement: Surviving Against All Odds,” Pennsylvania Legacies (May 2012), https://hsp.org/sites/default/files/attachments/save_chinatown_movement.pdf [11] Lou Baldwin, “Chin Helping Chinatown Ex...

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