Liturgical Week
...e Mass of the future would look. The 1963 Liturgical Week proved to be the most successful up to that time with over 20,000 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
Influenza Pandemic and the Sisters
...hurch services until further notice.[3] The ban would remain in effect for most of October, being lifted once the flu ran its course on the 26th.[4] Archbishop Dennis Dougherty offered the use of archdiocesan buildings as temporary hospitals and enlisted all priests, non-cloistered nuns, and the members of the Society
Historic Anti-Catholic Cartoons
...not 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 risk. ← Cartooning Catholics Thomas Nast →...
Friendly and Adopted Sons
...a group of Irish immigrants met to form a social group, Members included, Stephen Moylan (later secretary to George Washington), Thomas Fitzsimmons (one of only two Catholics to sign the Constitution), and George Meade (banker and trustee of Old. St. Mary’s).[1] The group was non-denomination and had members from Catholics