Irish Catholics and Secret Societies
...n Canada.[7] Letter to Father Moriarty from Bishop Wood, 05/14/1864, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8441 The Molly Maguires was organized as a labor force against the coal mines. In the early days of labor unions and strikes, the Mollies chief tacit was the murder of mine bosses.[8] Starting in 1863, they began a decade
Temperance Movement
...ttendance resulted in the change.[5] Catholic Total Abstinence Union https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/7025 Members of the union pledged to “abstain from… the sin of intemperance” and to “change the wretched abode of the drunkard into a home of peace and prosperity,” highlighting the belief that drinking not only threatened the salvation of the
Archbishop John Carroll
...rroll, to the congregation of Trinity Church, in Philadelphia, 1797. https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8126 One of the first major challenges to Carroll’s new role as bishop came from the German parish of Holy Trinity in Philadelphia. In September of 1796, a new priest, Father John Goetz, arrived at the parish and was made
Black Catholics in Philadelphia and The Journal
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