World War One Army Chaplains

...line all the time, encouraging and administering to the boys.”[8] For his service Father Wolfe received the Citation Star from General Perishing.[9]     After the war Wolfe returned to St. Patrick’s Parish in Philadelphia as well as served as National Chaplain of the American Legion. Father Wolfe also holds

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Services and Fees

Service and Fees General Research $20.00 for per hour Sacramental/Orphanage Research* $20.00 for one hour Photocopies: .20 cents for letter size .25 cents for legal size .35 cents for 11” x 17” Scans $1.00 per image High Resolution Images $10.00 per image Image Rights Usage** $100.00 per image * For

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Cardinal Dougherty and His Golden Jubilee

...0, Scrapbook, 1990.284, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8248. [11] Service Regulations for Pontifical Field Mass Philadelphia Transportation Company, Bob 13 f 1, 1990.284, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8249. [12] Philadelphia Archdiocesan Holy Name Union Executive Meeting, 05/01/1940, Parade and Field Mass Folder, 1990.284, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8245; Plan for Parade Celebration of Sacerdotal Golden Jubilee of C...

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Anti-Catholicism in Jacksonian Philadelphia

...opulation would establish its own network of parishes, schools, and social service institutions as a haven from a hostile Protestant culture. References: Feldberg, Michael. The Philadelphia Riots of 1844: A Study of Ethnic Conflict. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1975; O'Toole, James M. The Faithful: A History of Catholics in America.

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