Building of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
...6, Bishop Kenrick announced plans to start building a new cathedral on the parkway.[3] This was a bold plan from Kenrick, since only two years earlier St. Augustine was destroyed during the anti-Catholic Nativist Riots. Furthermore, Kenrick did not want to take on debt for the project and hoped to
Mathew Carey
...ccasions offering to act as a mediator between the two camps; however, the papal bull siding with Conwell limited any attempt to negotiate the differences.[15] Mathew Carey retired from his publishing company in 1824, having passed it on to his sons. In retirement he continued to write and publish essays
Temperance Movement
...people to give up alcohol. In addition, the union made use of numerous newspapers, such as Boston’s The Pilot or New York's Catholic Society Journal of America in order to spread the message of temperance.[8] Another way that the CTAU and other temperance societies tried to increase abstinence was through
The Day the Bronx Bomber Played in Kensington
...rity. Not only did he pull the Ascension Club out of debt, but he gave the parishioners of the parish and the surrounding neighborhood a memory that would last forever. Archives Archives Select Month July 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 January 2024 November 2023 October 2023 May 2023