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...were well-educated, and it was his welcoming of several young men who were studying for the priesthood into his home that marked the establishment of what is today St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. Learning more about the bishop who was so integrally responsible for the founding and expansion of the seminary
Thomas Nast Anti-Catholic Cartoons
...ned widely popular if his audience disagreed with his cartoons.[3] Thus by studying this cartoons one is able to come to a better understanding of the social conflicts and prejudices that existed in America during the late 1800s. Visit our archives or our digital collections for more historic cartoons.
Dougherty’s Movie Boycott
...heaters.[1] By doing so, Dougherty declared it sinful for any of the area’s 800,000 Catholics to enter a movie theater. In his letter to the priests of the Archdiocese, Dougherty called the motion picture theater “perhaps the greatest menace to faith and morals in America today.”[2] Dougherty and many others
Gift of Finest Wheat: The Story of the 41st International Eucharistic Congress
...eme of the 41st IEC was “The Eucharist and the Hungers of the Human Family” with the goal of examining both physical and spiritual hunger. The history of the Eucharistic Congress dates to 1881, when a one-day congress was held in Lille, France and attended by more than 800 people.