10th Synod

...posals and vote on resolutions. After the process was completed, the final approved documents were sent to Bevilacqua to review and decide which if any of them to promulgate. The following May, the Archdiocese released its decrees of Synod Enactments.[13] The norms ranged from requiring all parishes to have coordinators

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Day of Great Joy: Sisters of St. Joseph in Philadelphia

...sters of St. Joseph, 1897 [3] P002.1852: Gleanings in historic fields, 1650-1798; commemorative of the two hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of the foundation of our Congregation at Le Puy, France, October 15, 1650. [4] P019.154: Constitutions of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Philadelphia, 1939 [5] IC117:

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Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic Church

...st 5, 1973), 49, http://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/05/archives/wrecking-halted-in-philadelphia-chinatown-families-protest.html [9] Letter from Cardinal Krol to Governor Shapp, June 8, 1973, Cardinal Krol Collection, Box 162a. [10] Mary Yee, “The Save Chinatown Movement: Surviving Against All Odds,” Pennsylvania Legacies (May 2012), https://hsp.org/sites/default/files/attachments/save_chinatown_movement.pdf [11] Lou Baldwin, “Chin Helping Chinatown Ex...

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Packard, Butler and Partridge Lithograph Collection

...The exterior views also have standard touches such as well dressed passers-by. Almost all include a horse and carriage of some sort and some of the prints from larger cities include streetcars. St. Agatha's Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Only a few prints break from this standard format. The lithograph of St.

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