Old St. Joseph marriage record, June 1801

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Editorial Cartoons

...d widely during the 1950s through 1970s. Over the years, the newspaper had used both in house and syndicated cartoons. These cartoons covered major historical events, including the Vatican II, and the Civil Rights Movement. Examining the drawings reveals how Catholics reacted to world events. Earl H. Wolf (1915-1999) Earl

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Anti-Catholicism in Jacksonian Philadelphia

...The Archives also has an almost complete run of official Philadelphia Diocesan newspapers up to the current Archdiocesan paper, The Catholic Standard and Times. More information on the riots can be found in the Nativist Riots of 1844 Papers. Archives Archives Select Month July 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March

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Archbishop Ryan

...f education clear when he stated, “religious education is intended to make better men and better citizens.”[8] Furthermore, Ryan even made it a rule for new parishes that a school had to be built before construction on the church could begin.[9] This was because Ryan believed without a strong base

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