Parish Histories and Calendars
...via our online catalog. View a complete list of parishes, both active and closed, located within the Archdiocese: Alphabetical Index to Parishes Chronology of Parish Foundations See the research guide for information on conducting parish history research. Fr. Michetti blesses those being sent off to fight during WWI, St. Donato,
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Dougherty’s Movie Boycott
...heaters.[1] By doing so, Dougherty declared it sinful for any of the area’s 800,000 Catholics to enter a movie theater. In his letter to the priests of the Archdiocese, Dougherty called the motion picture theater “perhaps the greatest menace to faith and morals in America today.”[2] Dougherty and many others
Gift of Finest Wheat: The Story of the 41st International Eucharistic Congress
...ion illustrates the impact the IEC had on the City of Philadelphia and the Catholic Church. The 41st IEC brought Catholics together from around the world to celebrate and discuss a theme connected to the Eucharist. The theme of the 41st IEC was “The Eucharist and the Hungers of the