Parish Mapping Project

...(Update: Due to the lack of historic data on boundaries, the decision was made to map the parishes in 1891 instead of 1871). We worked with the Office for Parish Service and Support to first obtain the data on what the parishes boundaries look like now. From there, we began

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Manuscript Collections

...ns are rather small up to the episcopacy of Dennis Cardinal Dougherty (1918-1951), when the volume of his and subsequent collections increases significantly. Post-1920 materials are closed to researchers except by permission. Most of the bishops' papers can be searched through online finding aids. Most of the manuscript collections of

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Drexel Beatification

...nuary 26, 1987, she was declared venerable, meaning heroic virtue in life had been proven. Halvey_667A_004 Halvey_667A_035 Halvey_667A_010 Halvey_667A_012   Miracles The next step for Beatification was the approval of a miracle. This happened in the beginning of 1988, when the Vatican approved her miraculous healing of Robert Guntherman from

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41st International Eucharistic Congress

...hila.org/items/show/8122. [11] Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl, https://www.crsricebowl.org/about/ricebowl-faq. [12] MC 80, 100.463: Congress Hymn: Gift of Finest Wheat, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8120. [13] The 41st IEC: A History, 121. Archives Archives Select Month April 2024 March 2024 January 2024 November 2023 October 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023

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