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...s 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 materials related to Catholicism in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia as long as access to these records is not significantly restricted. Access
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...ocial engagement among diverse communities This most recent grant from the American Catholic Historical Society builds on an earlier donation that supported the digitization of the Catholic Standard & Times from 1944 to 1963. The Catholic Standard & Times, the official newspaper of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, was
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...These materials include the records of numerous Archdiocesan offices, the official correspondence of all of the bishops and archbishops of Philadelphia up to the present, as well as records from significant events within the Archdiocese’s history, including the 41st International Eucharistic Congress held in Philadelphia in 1976 and Pope John
The Centennial Fountain
...working in Germany, it did not reach Philadelphia until June. There were a number of reasons for the delays including payment debates between the CTAU and Kirn as well as problems with the marble that Kirn received.[11] Due to these delays, when the CTAU had the official dedication and celebration