American Czestochowa

...ious. By 1956, the four members of the Pauline Order at the new site were Fathers Michael Zembrzuski and Stanley Nowak, and brothers Casmir Pasnik and Mark Mitura. Father Michael Zembrzuski, OSPPE at the dedication of the Shrine, 10/16/1966   As news of the Shrine quickly spread, the barn was

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Packard, Butler and Partridge Lithograph Collection

...r may have been sold simply to raise money for the church. St. Paul's Cathedral, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania   Catholic churches were not the only lithographs created by Packard, Butler and Partridge. The PAHRC collection includes a few lithographs of Catholic institutions: Convent of the Sisters of Mercy, Brooklyn, New York

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World War One Army Chaplains

...of Philadelphia Record of Priests Joseph L. Wolfe. [5] “Funeral Held for Father Wolfe,” Catholic Standard and Times, July 8, 1949. [6] “Calls Phila Boys Heroes of Marne,” Catholic Standard and Times. September 28, 1918. [7] “’Knew We Could Lick the Germans,’ Father Wolfe Writes from Trenches” Catholic Standard and

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American Federation of Catholic Societies

...the country. [1] Pioneer, Diocesan Council of the American Federation of Catholic Societies, Catholic Societies Federation, 04/08/1890 [2] Convention Souvenir Tenth Annual National Convention, Columbus, Ohio, 08/1911, AC008 [3] Proceedings of the American Federation of Catholic Societies of the United States, 08/1901, AC008 [4] Proceedings of Convention of the American

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