Catholics in WWII
...t window into chaplain life. These photos show his chapel as well as life around a camp in the jungles of Southeast Asia.[11] As we commemorate the end of WWII in Europe, it is important to recognize and remember the service and sacrifice of Catholics during the war [1]
Cornelia Connelly, S.H.C.J.
...tragic accident. A fourth child, Mary Magdalen, was born a year after they came back America, but died in infancy. The teaching career of Pierce did not last long, as he decided to enter the priesthood and asked Cornelia, who was five months pregnant, to agree to celibacy. Years later,
Collection Development Policy
...diocese since their founding. CHRC also houses the collections of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, as well as some records from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. ACHS records include printed, visual, and ephemeral materials that document institutions, associations, societies, religious orders, and parishes located within the Archdiocese as well
Parish Histories and Calendars
...earch. Fr. Michetti blesses those being sent off to fight during WWI, St. Donato, 1917 Sisters of Nazareth members serving St. Hedwig's Parish, Philadelphia, 1957 Casa del Carmen summer school outing, St. Malachy, 1963 Baseball team, St. Patrick, Norristown, 1931...