Dougherty’s Movie Boycott

...reening of an acceptable movie then Catholics would be permitted to go to that. The difference being that the theaters were “occasions of sin” and therefore it was immoral to visit such places.[7] Nevertheless, support continued to wane so much so that by 1938 people would write to Dougherty asking

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Beloved Cardinal Archbishop: John Francis O’Hara

...have no program to announce, no theme to preach but the love of God,” and that “working together, with the assistance of God’s grace, we can help one another save our souls.”[9] A reception was held at the Conventional Hall the following night with over 15,000 people attending. Judge Vincent

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Graphics

...have been digitized and are available through our Omeka site. Please note that only some of our graphic materials, specifically our lithograph collection, can be searched on our online catalog. Many of these records do not have images attached. If there is an image that you would like to have

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