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

...on the sidewalk that many passersby thought that a tragedy had taken place. In order to preserve a moral unity in the congregation, the electric bells throughout the house were rung at the various parts of the service, and the priest who was not officiating stood in the hall and

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