Thomas Nast Anti-Catholic Cartoons
...spreading these sentiments but was also a reflection of its readership’s feelings, since Nast would not have remained 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
Roman Catholic and Archdiocese High Schools
...t saved the school. Starting with Bishop Neumann, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia became a model for education because of its parish school system. As the first diocese to have a free boys’ and a girls’ high schools, other dioceses once again looked to Philadelphia as a guide to expanding educational
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...& Times, the official newspaper of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, was published between 1895 and 2012. The material can be access by visiting: https://thecatholicnewsarchive.org/ Parish Mapping Project Explore our maps of the parish boundaries from different points over the history of the Archdiocese: View the 1971 parish
Dougherty’s Movie Boycott
...e move from State Senator McCreesh and Democratic Committee Chairman John Kelly (Princess Grace Kelly’s father).[5] One major concern of Dougherty’s was that other bishops were not joining him in the total ban. Rather places like the Archdiocese of St. Paul were publishing white lists, movies that they deemed Catholics