Catholics in WWII
...ications in France. He stated in the letter that the coast itself was like New Jersey, however, “all of the beaches are one mass of tank barriers and fortifications which go as far as you can see.”[2] Boylan wrote to Dougherty in May of 1945 that there was little American
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...ets and other printed materials relating to subjects of Catholic interest. Newspapers CHRC holds one of the largest collections of Catholic newspapers and periodicals in the United States. Parish Histories and Calendars Consists of published parish histories as well as other printed material and ephemera relating to a particular
A Brief History of the Growing Pains of the Church in Philadelphia
...of the Most Rev. John Carroll, Bishop and First Archbishop of Baltimore, (New York: 1888). [4] Thomas Rzeznik, “Roman Catholic Parishes,” The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia, http://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/roman-catholic-parishes/; “A Brief History of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia,” Archdiocese of Philadelphia, http://archphila.org/about/. [5] The Catholic Standard and Times, (July 29, 1976); “The Catholic
The Vatican – Marian Year Stamp Philatelic Exhibition
...as the collection formed by Francis Cardinal Spellman, sixth Archbishop of New York. Even before the exhibit took place. It was a well-known fact His Eminence was an avid stamp collector. In presenting Cardinal Spellman at the opening, Archbishop O’Hara described His Eminence as “a great American citizen and a