An “Un-American Invention”?: Catholics and the Issue of Prohibition
...ce the law and an increase in organized crime. These difficulties led to a loss of support for Prohibition, which resulted in its repeal on December 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
Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic Church
...so set up a chapel at the CYO headquarters at 18th and Arch to be used for Sunday worship. After the first year, nine members of the community converted to Catholicism, with 58 joining the following year.[3] Construction of Holy Redeemer With the increase in membership, Msgr. Kavanagh, in charge
Pope visit
...ays to build and cost the city $150,000. Halvey_346A_001 Halvey_346A_017 Sunday Shrines and Speeches After a short visit to St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Pope John Paull II spent the night down the street at the Cardinal’s residence. While the next day had no event to rival the Mass on
Drexel Beatification
...eliminating the Promotor of the Faith (Devil’s Advocate) and reducing the number of miracles required for canonization from three to two. The first step in the process was to examine all of Katharine Drexel’s writings and interview as many people who knew her as possible. On January 26, 1987, she