Alliance of Catholic Women
...mention working with the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament to teach at the catechetical centers as well as providing aid to local families.[10] The ACW also regularly distributed clothes and food to the needy, giving out tens of thousands of pieces of garments per year as well as assisting families
Cardinal Dougherty and His Golden Jubilee
...wing the death of Archbishop Prendergast. He would be made the fourth American-born Cardinal three years later on February 13, 1921.[7] One of Dougherty’s main goals as Archbishop was to expand Catholic education at every level. From the time he took over to his Jubilee in 1940, Dougherty built 7
Pope
...lustrated the Draft Riots of July 1863, where Irish Catholics attacked African-Americans throughout New York City. Nast blamed the attacks on both the ethnicity of the Irish and their Catholic religion, believing that it made them incompatible with American values. “A Roman Catholic Mission from England to the “heathens” of
Catholic Interracial Council
...[5] Raymond Schmandt, “Catholic Interracial Council of Philadelphia,” American Catholic Historical Association, 1984 1999.047 Box 8 [6] “Catholic Led Fight that Opened Doors,” 07/13/1951, 1990.047 Box 9 Folder McGarry [7] Letter to Father Lacey, 1999.047 Box 10 Folder WPIF [8] Letter from Ann McGarry, 09/27/1940, 1999.047 Box 10 Folder WPIF