Benedict Club: A Home Away From Home

...s, 07/12/1919 [3] Benedict Hall Yearbook 1938, , MC78_80.843 [4] Letter to Cardinal Dougherty from Walter Hoving, President of the USO, 04/23/1941, MC78_80.8310 [5] Letter to David William from Cardinal Dougherty, 06/11/1941, MC78_80.8310 [6] Letter to David William from Msgr. McCormick, 08/08/1941, MC78_80.8310 [7] “A Report on the USO Activities

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Redpath’s Illustrated Weekly: a rare find

...both interest him and provide a living. For 25 years Redpath had a varied career as an abolitionist, reporter, publisher, lobbyist, superintendent of schools in the reconstruction south, social activist and entertainment mogul. Redpath had sold his Lyceum booking agency several years earlier and was recuperating from an accident. He

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Liturgical Week

...ts Peter and Paul on November 29, 1964, the first day such a vernacular Mass was allowed by the Vatican. In addition, Krol wanted the parishes to roll out these changes as quickly as possible and issued a number of manuals and directions to guide pastors and congregations in implementing

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Citation Information

...ections: [Indicate cited item or series here], Collection Name, Collection number, Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. Photographs: In general, only photographs from the Robert Halvey Collection are to be published with written permission from CHRC. These photographs are to be captioned: Courtesy of the

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