Interesting film history finds in the Parish Calendar collection
...out a Catholic actress named Elinor Flynn who was in movies during the late 1920s and 1930s. Although the article says Flynn appeared in 39 films, she only has 5 credits on IMDB. I am guessing that this is because most of her movie roles were as bit parts that
Mary Brackett Willcox papers, 1807-1864 (MC 10)
...le Parish, the oldest parish in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. During the 1840s and 1850s, students and the Vincentian administrators of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary spent their summers at the Willcox estate. The letters in the collection are from Vincentians, seminarians, and other priests serving the Archdiocese of Philadelphia who
Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute
...a lecture and discussion Institute as the means to improve it. On December 14, 1850, Father Sourin had a small meeting where he discussed the idea starting such a group. The following week, the first official meeting was held at Old St. Mary’s Rectory with 14 men in attendance.[3] There
The Vatican – Marian Year Stamp Philatelic Exhibition
...part of the exhibit consisted of stamps issued by the Papal States between 1852 and 1870, as well as smaller exhibits loaned by prominent collectors. The Papal States were a collection of territories in central Italy that were directly governed by the Pope, essentially acting as a separate state under