Marian Year

...Exarchate of the Byzantine Rite, the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Ceremonies and Masses would be held at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, and the Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center. Over 30,000 people

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Temperance Movement

...would keep the poor from turning to beer and liquor. Indeed, a fountain in New York declared that “There is no poison in my cup! Drink and Live,” which illustrates the concern that without clean water to drink, the people would continue to drink the poison of alcohol.[9] (The building

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Catholics Responses to the Spanish Civil War

...F. Crosby, "Boston's Catholics and the Spanish Civil War: 1936-1939." The New England Quarterly 44, no. 1 (1971), 100. [4] Juan Francisco de Cardenas, “Letter to Cardinal Dougherty,” 01/30/1937, MC78_80.4513. [5] J. David Valaik, "American Catholic Dissenters and the Spanish Civil War." The Catholic Historical Review 53, no. 4 (1968),

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Victory Mass

...as calling out those who have lapsed in their faith. By doing so, Lamb was laying any possible defeat at their feet for losing God’s favor and at the same time making sure that Catholics saw their faith as an integral part of the war effort. SB-36; CHRC Another aspect

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