Liturgical Week
...people attending the Masses and sessions, breaking the previous year’s record of 5,000 people. Halvey_P868_007 Halvey_P868_004 Halvey_P857_040 Halvey_P857_056 Halvey_P857_051 Exhibits and Displays In addition to the Masses and discussion sessions, the week also featured exhibit spaces at the Civic Center. Exhibits included displays and stands presented by various Catholic
Newman Centers
...t of the Catholic hierarchy, these Newman Center were vitally important in order to “safeguard their [the students’] Catholic devotion and establish means to keep alive in their souls their priceless Catholic heritage.”[13] Indeed, the importance of providing strong Catholic spiritual and educational support to students at secular colleges, led
Historic Anti-Catholic Cartoons
...pal infallibility (the belief that the pope cannot be wrong in matters of faith), raised concerns that Catholics owed allegiance first to the Church and not to the United States. The increasing number of Catholic immigrants, most notably from Ireland, led many to believe that America’s Protestant culture was at
Friendly and Adopted Sons
...ber ad indinitum [forever].”[3] Quarterly meetings were held at a rotating number of taverns in Philadelphia, including the City Tavern. However, no meetings were held during the occupation of the city by the British during the Revolution.[4] The Friendly Sons, despite being a social group, took a definite stance on