Parish Histories and Calendars

...dars for over three hundred parishes. The date range for most is from about 1920 to 1955. Most of the calendars are those from parishes currently located within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Others are from parishes located in surrounding dioceses. The Parish Calendars are similar to current parish bulletins in

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...Contact us Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (CHRC) 6719 Calvert Street Philadelphia, PA 19149 Phone: (215) 904-8149 Email: archives@chrc-phila.org...

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Dougherty’s Movie Boycott

.../25/1934, MC78-.1934.05.25, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/7868#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0. [2] Ibid. [3] Frederick Lane, The Decency Wars: The Campaign to Cleanse American Culture, (Amherst: Prometheus Books, 2006), 90. [4] Cardinal Dougherty, “Letter to Harry Warner,” 10/03/1934, MC 78- 81.184, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8106. [5] John McCreesh, “Letter to Cardinal Dougherty,” 01/9/1935, MC 78- 81.184; John Kelly, “Letter to Cardina...

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Benedict Club: A Home Away From Home

...ional Catholic Community Service.[7] The club officially opened on December 10, 1941. The planned party was changed to a more muted affair in light of the attack on Pearl Harbor two days prior.[8] One of the many dances at the club Unlike the Benedict Club of the First World War,

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