Priest and Rosary Calm Tension – Oral History Interview

...appointed Director of the Cardinal's Commission on Human Relations. http://www.pahrc.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Devlin-online-clip-1.wav Devlin: George Fencl, (Chief Inspector and head of the Police Department’s Civil Affairs Unit), would call me. And one time we were up there and I had to bring in Spanish priests you know. And they were good. They’d come

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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 July 2025 June 2025 May 2025 April

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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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