Thomas Nast Anti-Irish Cartoons
...show/7364 Another cartoon a few years later also illustrates anti-Irish sentiment but in a different way. In this cartoon, a group of children representing Irish Catholic Democrats have cut down the tree of truth and have put up a sign for a new school with the slogan, “our rule, mob
Ann Mattingly’s Miracle Cure
...f St. Patrick’s Church in Washington DC. At his advice, she performed nine days of devotional acts. On the final day, Mr. Dubuisson gave her the Holy Eucharist. Right after she completed swallowing it, she was immediately relieved of all pain. She was able to get out of her bed
Interesting film history finds in the Parish Calendar collection
...age of 57. The article is noteworthy for its praise of a non-Catholic at a time when anti-Catholic sentiment was commonplace. Hackett was able to put religious differences aside to work with Catholics and entertain the troops, which the tone of the article seems to imply did not happen too
Carmelite Monastery
...his council advised against it due to the large amount of anti-Catholic sentiment in the city. Around the turn of the 20th century, Mrs. Mary McGeogh sought permission from Archbishop John Ryan to urge the Boston Carmel to send a group to establish a monastery. He would only give permission