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Dougherty’s Movie Boycott

...heaters.[1] By doing so, Dougherty declared it sinful for any of the area’s 800,000 Catholics to enter a movie theater. In his letter to the priests of the Archdiocese, Dougherty called the motion picture theater “perhaps the greatest menace to faith and morals in America today.”[2] Dougherty and many others

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10th Synod

...cipation in the liturgy.[14] The synod was considered a success and helped guide the direction of the archdiocese over the past twenty years. [1] Archdiocese of Philadelphia, The Tenth Archdiocesan Synod, 2002, P008.27 [2] Archdiocese of Philadelphia, The Tenth Archdiocesan Synod, 2002, P008.27 [3] Prior Synodal Legislation 1832-1912, MC 100,

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