Recently Processed Collection: John Gilmary Shea Correspondence

...you can schedule an appointment to visit PAHRC or email us at pahrc89@gmail.com. _____________________________________________________________________________________ References: The American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia. (1897). Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia Vol. VIII No. 1. Philadelphia: The Society. Archives Archives Select Month June 2025 May 2025 April 2025 March

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Pilgrimage of Hope

...ch are presently in our Archdiocese (Redemptorists, Christian Brothers, etc.).       Papal Basilica of Saint Lawrence Outside the Walls Tomb of Saints Lawrence and Stephen, buried under the main altar Our next stop was the Basilica of Saint Lawrence Outside the Walls, housing the relics of Saints Lawrence

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Misericordia Hospital

...Hospital Solemnly Dedicated,” Catholic Standard and Times, (June 15, 1918), 3. [8] “Our History.” [9] One-Half Century, 14 [10] First Report, 20 [11] First Report, 29-32. [12] One-Half Century, 15. [13] The Nursed Record of the First Graduating Class of the Misericordia Hospital (Philadelphia 1921), 25-27. [14] One-Half Century, 17.

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The Church and Labor

...to go on strike. In “the Church the Champion of the Working Man,” Father M.F. Hennelly argued that for a strike to be just it must first use all other means to revolve the dispute and that the potential benefits must outweigh the suffering that the strike can impose on

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