Liturgical Week

...up to that time with over 20,000 people attending the Masses and sessions, breaking the previous year’s record of 5,000 people. Halvey_P868_007 Halvey_P868_004 Halvey_P857_040 Halvey_P857_056 Halvey_P857_051   Exhibits and Displays In addition to the Masses and discussion sessions, the week also featured exhibit spaces at the Civic Center. Exhibits included

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Catholic Newspapers in Philadelphia

...well as October 1944 and March 1968 can be found for free at the Catholic News Archive. The first ostensibly Catholic newspaper in Philadelphia was The Catholic Herald and Advocate which was first published on November 3, 1822 and may have run for only three issues. It was published by

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Redpath’s Illustrated Weekly: a rare find

...1884. This 1883 issue included Part II of Verne's "The American Robinson Crusoe"   PAHRC has the most complete run of Redpath’s Illustrated Weekly. The paper has also been digitized as part the Digital Library @ Villanova University. To view the digitized issues click here.   References: McKivigan, John. Forgotten

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