Cardinal Dougherty and His Golden Jubilee

...05/01/1940, Parade and Field Mass Folder, 1990.284, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8245; Plan for Parade Celebration of Sacerdotal Golden Jubilee of Cardinal Dougherty, Parade Folder, 1990.284 [13] Philadelphia Inquirer, 06/01/1940; Cardinal Dougherty Address, 06/02/1940, MC78_82.237, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8246. [14] Headquarters Jubilee Parade Committee, Parade Order, 05/22/1940, Bob 13 f 2, 1990.284, https://omeka.chr...

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The Church and Labor

...nomic problems in the United States. Archbishop Patrick Ryan was active in labor relations, working on a number of occasions as a mediator between management and labor unions to bring about peace resolutions. In a 1953 Labor Day speech, John Cardinal O’Hara rejoiced in the work that had been done

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The Centennial Fountain

...B1, page 224 With the approval and backing of the national society, the Philadelphia chapter began planning and fundraising. After an original design focusing on the connection between America and Ireland was rejected, a main theme around Moses striking the rock to give water to the Israelites was chosen.[2] The

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Patrick Coad, patentee of the galvanic battery, and interesting miscellaneous items

...citizens finally took action. On Thursday, May 9, Philadelphia County was placed under martial law. Several thousand of the city’s elite formed into divisions of “Peace Police” and assisted the militia in guarding the Catholic churches of the city for the next several days. It appears as if these soldiers

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