Jane and Marianne Campbell: Catholic Feminists
...Civic Club, the Mercantile Club, and the Women’s Press Club among others. Long-time residents of Germantown, they were also actively involved in the social and cultural affairs of this section of the city. Jane also contributed to several Philadelphia newspapers, including The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Record, and the Ledger writing
Papal Infallibility
...dogma of Papal Infallibility. While the idea of Papal Infallibility had a long history of support within the Catholic Church, such as from St. Francis de Sales in the 1500s, declaring it an official dogma created new tensions with Protestants and secular governments. The decrees and canons issued by the
Cornelia Connelly, S.H.C.J.
...e back America, but died in infancy. The teaching career of Pierce did not last long, as he decided to enter the priesthood and asked Cornelia, who was five months pregnant, to agree to celibacy. Years later, on a retreat with the religious order she founded, Cornelia said that “the
Mathew Carey
...other economic interests, Carey called for the creation of a canal system along the Delaware and Chesapeake Rivers as well as the unpopular view that a centralized bank was good for American credit.[11] P001.0150, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8228. As an Irish Catholic, Mathew Carey was deeply involved with both groups in the city