Services and Fees

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Starting from Scratch: The Story of Msgr. Hawks and St. Joan of Arc Parish

...s was appointed by Archbishop Dennis Dougherty to found a new parish on Oct 1, 1919. To which he wrote “to be a pastor is the dearest ambition of almost every priest, to be a good pastor is to reach the greatest glory of the priesthood” The first issue for

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Anti-Catholicism in Jacksonian Philadelphia

...numerous broadsides Bishop Kenrick had posted throughout the city on May 7, 1844 warning Catholics to stay indoors. The 1844 riots shaped both the growth and development of the city of Philadelphia as well as Catholicism in Philadelphia. They led to the consolidation of the city and county of Philadelphia

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Serra Club of Philadelphia

...the Catholic Historical Research Center covers Serra club material from the 1950s to the mid- 1980s. It is subdivided into many different categories, from correspondence to pamphlets from various Serra International Conventions. You can explore the finding aid for the newly processed collection here: https://archives.chrc-phila.org/repositories/2/resources/40. Collection processed and blog post

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