Dougherty’s Movie Boycott
...heaters.[1] By doing so, Dougherty declared it sinful for any of the area’s 800,000 Catholics to enter a movie theater. In his letter to the priests of the Archdiocese, Dougherty called the motion picture theater “perhaps the greatest menace to faith and morals in America today.”[2] Dougherty and many others
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...marriage and baptismal records for each of the Archdiocese's parishes and best of all its FREE to use! https://www.catholicheritagearchive.com/ New Digital Resources Available! CHRC joined with FindMyPast to make historical parish baptismal and marriage records available to the public. Pre-1919 records are on-line and can be searched and
Higher, Faster, Stronger: The Olympics
...ist. If there are any going to the upcoming 2024 Olympics, we wish you the best of luck! Peter Cippolone – Rowing (Mens Eight), 2004 Athens, Gold Michael Gostigan – Modern pentathlon, 1988 Seoul / 1992 Barcelona / 1996 Atlanta John Kelly Jr. – Rowing (Single sculls), 1948 London, 1952
Cardinal John P. Foley
Best known as the English language commentator for the Pope’s Midnight Christmas Mass and other major papal liturgies, Cardinal John Patrick Foley, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and former President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, died on Sunday, December 11,