Cornelia Connelly, S.H.C.J.

...ssissippi Valley: old orders such as the Society of Jesus was restored and new missionary orders, such as the Society of the Sacred Heart, came from Europe with a new missionary zeal. However, with revival comes protests. A large wave of anti-Catholicism overtook the area to “save the Valley from

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Marian Year of 1954

...cil (the Second Vatican Council), which has been for our century a kind of new Pentecost." Archives Archives Select Month July 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 January 2024 November 2023 October 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 September 2022 August 2022

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Packard, Butler and Partridge Lithograph Collection

...he church lithograph collection contains images of churches from Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Mississippi, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, and a few from Canada, mainly Montreal. More information on the

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An “Un-American Invention”?: Catholics and the Issue of Prohibition

...r 5, 1933 with the ratification of the 21st Amendment. [1] Michael deHaven Newsom, “Some Kind of Religious Freedom: National Prohibition and the Volstead Act’s Exemption for The Religious Use of Wine,” Brooklyn Law Review, vol. 70, issue 3, 2005, 746. [2] John A Ryan, Prohibition: Yes or No, (New

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