Dougherty’s Movie Boycott

...ture theater “perhaps the greatest menace to faith and morals in America today.”[2] Dougherty and many others felt that most of the movies being shown were indecent and that drastic action was need to send a message to Hollywood. The effect of the boycott was immediate, over 300,000 Catholics signing

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Vatican II

...oked forward to the results of the council with hope for a better tomorrow. Wolf, “The Middle Way,” December 9, 1966 After Vatican II, there was debate over how to implement its teachings. Here Wolf shows that the middle way is the best way. Wolf, ” It’ll Make Port,” June

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...marriage and baptismal records for each of the Archdiocese's parishes and best of all its FREE to use! https://www.catholicheritagearchive.com/     New Digital Resources Available! CHRC joined with FindMyPast to make historical parish baptismal and marriage records available to the public. Pre-1919 records are on-line and can be searched and

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Cardinal John P. Foley

Best known as the English language commentator for the Pope’s Midnight Christmas Mass and other major papal liturgies, Cardinal John Patrick Foley, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and former President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, died on Sunday, December 11,

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