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Temperance Movement
...me more popular, partly due to the effects of Father Matthew, a priest who helped start the temperance movement in Ireland and then traveled America from 1849-1851 to spread the cause.[3] With the growth in local societies, usually based around either parishes or dioceses, the need for a unifying national
Catholics Responses to the Spanish Civil War
...Due to these restrictions, many saw the Nationalists as the side who would help protect and restore the Church.[2] Nationalist forces on the march to Bielsa. Msgr. Hawks slide collection Further support for the Nationalists grew out of the growing presence of communists in the Republican forces. Catholics believed that
Beloved Cardinal Archbishop: John Francis O’Hara
...d,” and that “working together, with the assistance of God’s grace, we can help one another save our souls.”[9] A reception was held at the Conventional Hall the following night with over 15,000 people attending. Judge Vincent Carroll gave the formal welcome speech where he declared that O’Hara would be