Humor Cartoons

...rtoons were also a popular inclusion in The Catholic Standard and Times and other diocesan newspapers. These cartoons often relied on the reader having an understanding of Catholicism in order to understand the joke. The comics began to regularly appear in The Catholic Standard and Times by the end of

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Collections

...in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, New York, Maryland and Washington, D.C. A variety of types of institutions are included, especially hospitals, orphanages, and colleges. Associations & Institutions   Pamphlets Contains several thousand pamphlets and other printed materials relating to subjects of Catholic interest. Newspapers CHRC holds one of the largest

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Cardinal Dougherty and His Golden Jubilee

...phia, ed. James Connelly (Philadelphia: Archdiocese of Philadelphia, 1976), 339. [4] Official Jubilee Volume Fifty Years of Notable Achievement in the Life of His Eminence Dennis Cardinal Dougherty, (Philadelphia: St. Joseph House, 1940), 20. [5] Nolan, “The Native Son,” 340. [6] Official Jubilee, 26 & 41. [7] Nolan, “The Native

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Our Lady of Czestochowa Dedication

...continue to be visited by pilgrimages from around the world, with at least 50,000 coming every year. President Johnson was not the only world leader to come to the shrine, with President Ronald Reagan, President George H.W. Bush, and Karol Cardinal Wojtyła, the future Pope John Paul II all visiting

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