FAQ

...the collection been digitized? Q: What is a finding aid? Q: What genealogical services does CHRC offer? Q: Do you have school records? Q: Do you have orphanage records? Q: Is The Catholic Standard and Times, or any other newspaper in the collection, indexed? Q: Does the Archives accept donations

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Archbishop John Carroll

...ot back down, Bishop Carroll wrote a pastoral letter on February 22, 1797, calling for them to reconcile. In the letter, Carroll stated that they and Goetz had usurped “the chair of truth” and converted “it into a seat of falsehood and lies.”[12] He would go on to compare their

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Black Catholic periodicals

...zkiw for his help with this post. PAHRC’s significant collection of periodicals includes newspapers and journals related to black Catholics. Among these are the earliest newspapers published by and for the black Catholic community. These newspapers also covered issues relating to the African American community in a broader sense. According

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