Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
Later this month on September 24th, Archbishop Fulton Sheen will be beatified in Saint Louis, Missouri. Most known for his various publications and the Emmy-winning television show Life Is Worth Living, Archbishop Sheen’s holy life began in the small town of El Paso, Illinois. Growing up in a devout
Marian Year of 1954
May is the month devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary and this year marks the 60th anniversary of the Marian Year of 1954. A hundred years earlier, the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception was defined by Pope Pius IX in the papal bull Ineffabilis Deus. Pope Pius XII, in his
Cardinal Dougherty and His Golden Jubilee
Over 160,000 people packed the Municipal Stadium (Later JFK Stadium) in South Philadelphia on June 2, 1940 to witness Cardinal Dougherty’s Golden Jubilee Mass.[1] The event was the largest gathering of Catholics in the city since 300,000 attended the 1926 Solemn Pontifical Mass for the Sesquicentennial of the Declaration of
Digitizing the Halvey Photograph Collection, Step One
As a volunteer at PAHRC, I’ve been most excited about beginning the process of reformatting the Robert and Theresa Halvey Photograph Collection. Currently in the inventory cataloging stages, the ultimate goal is to digitize the entire collection and make the images available online. For over sixty years, Robert Halvey served
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