Herman Joseph Heuser papers, 1811-1933 (MC 1)

...crapbooks with miscellaneous materials. Most of the materials in the collection are in English, though some are written in German, French, and Italian. 27 boxes, 10.4 linear ft. Researchers will find it useful to use the more recent (html) finding aid in conjunction with the legacy finding aid, which includes

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TV and Radio

...perative amongst the dioceses dated back to 1967 when Cardinal Krol was developing guidelines for hiring a Director of TV and Radio, with the hopes to counter the secularism and materialism rampant in mass media.[3] The struggle was trying to produce programs that would appeal to the public and not

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American Federation of Catholic Societies

...tholic societies, fostering and protecting Catholic interests and work of religion, pity and education.”[7] Archbishop Ryan spoke at Philadelphia’s Federation founding, stating that he was hesitant to support it but now he saw that “there cannot possibly be any objection to the Federation, since its objects are … to make

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National Council of Catholic Women

...t to have its lay organizations join, including Cardinal Dougherty.[4] Because Philadelphia did not join, the Philadelphia Providence of the NCCW was normally led by either the Diocese of Pittsburg or the Diocese of Harrisburg, both of which were quite active in the NCCW.[5] Flowchart with the breakdown of the

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