Temperance Movement

...twentieth century. While total abstinence failed to take hold as national policy, the rise of temperance societies, including Catholic Total Abstinence Union, are an important chapter in the history of the United States. Annual Convention, Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America, August 9, 1939 https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/6871 To learn more of the

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Newman Centers

...xander Gray, OSF, “Development of the Newman Club Movement, Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, vol LXXIV, no 2, June 1963, 116. [11] Newman Club Manual: A Handbook for Newman Club Chaplains and Leaders, (Newman Club Federation: Washington, 1951) P015.296 [12] Catholic Campus Ministry, West Chester State

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In Her Own Right: Jane and Marianne Campbell

...tive in the labor movement and their brothers were founding members of the American Catholic Historical Society (ACHS).[1] Jane and Marianne were also active in the Catholic intellectual circles of Philadelphia. Jane would be elected to the ACHS board in 1894 and serve as its recording secretary.[2] Jane’s first major

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Dougherty’s Movie Boycott

...on the movie industry. In June of 1934, the Motion Picture Association of American agreed to stronger self-censorship and created the Production Code Administration, headed by Catholic layman, Joseph Breen.[9] Another effect of the boycott was the growth in power of the Legion of Decency, a Catholic organization which reviewed

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