Congratulations to the editors of American Catholic Studies, the flagship publication of the American Catholic Historical Society. They have been named the first winners of the American Catholic Historical Association’s Trisco-Minnich prize for editing. The American Catholic Historical Association is honored to award the Robert F. Trisco and Nelson H....

Thank you to all our members, friends, and benefactors who joined us at our 41st Annual Barry Award Dinner to celebrate this year’s honorees, Theresa and Paul Murtagh. It was a most joyous evening, with nearly 300 individuals filling the Lincoln Ballroom at the Union League of Philadelphia.  It was...

The ACHS is pleased to announce a new research travel grant to support scholars and researchers working on any project related to American Catholic history who need to conduct research in any archive, library, or repository in the five-county Philadelphia area.   For more information and application instructions, please visit https://amchs.org/research/research-travel-grant/.  The application...

We’re pleased to announce the release of our Fall 2023 issue.   In its pages, you will find: Not yet a subscriber? Join the ACHS today! All members automatically receive a print subscription to the journal. Members can access journal issues online.

One of the ways that early members of the American Catholic Historical Society preserved a record of their activities was by gathering materials together in a series of scrapbooks. In this talk, Dr. Patrick Hayes revisits those scrapbooks to gain insights into both the founding years of the ACHS and...

Check out our 2023 annual newsletter to learn about the ACHS, its activities, and our schedule for the upcoming 2023-2024 year!  Members should have already received their print copy in the mail. We invite you to share the newsletter with family, friends, associates, and anyone who might be interested in American...

Looking for some summer reading?  Check out the latest issue of American Catholic Studies. The issue includes: We hope you enjoy! Not yet a subscriber? Join the ACHS today! All members automatically receive a print subscription to the journal.  Members can also access journal issues online.

Thanks to generous support from the American Catholic Historical Society, fourteen more years of Catholic Standard & Times, spanning from 1916 to 1930, have just been added to the Catholic News Archives, a free online resource that provides access to twenty historic Catholic newspapers and news agencies from across the country from as early...

Spring has arrived – and so has the Spring 2023 issue of American Catholic Studies.  The issue features: Members can access journal issues online! Not yet a subscriber? Join the ACHS today! All members automatically receive a print subscription to the journal.

St. Elizabeth Parish, founded in North Philadelphia in 1872 to serve a German immigrant population, would later be transformed as African Americans fleeing the harsh realities of segregation in the South flooded into Northern cities like Philadelphia. By the 1950s, with the support of dynamic and innovative pastoral leadership, St....