Cardinal Dougherty and His Golden Jubilee
...self as a strong student and was sent to finish his education at the North American College in Rome. He was ordained on May 31, 1890 and returned to Philadelphia to teach seminarians.[5] He would leave Philadelphia in 1903 when he was named Bishop of Neuva Segovia, Philippines. He would
Newman Centers
...xander Gray, OSF, “Development of the Newman Club Movement, Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, vol LXXIV, no 2, June 1963, 116. [11] Newman Club Manual: A Handbook for Newman Club Chaplains and Leaders, (Newman Club Federation: Washington, 1951) P015.296 [12] Catholic Campus Ministry, West Chester State
Anti-Catholicism in Jacksonian Philadelphia
...olstered Protestant beliefs that the Catholic Church was incompatible with American values. In 1842, the American Protestant Association was formed in Philadelphia by more than 50 Protestant clergymen from every denomination. The APA’s objective was to alert the public, through lectures, publications, and revivals, to the dangers of popery, or
About CHRC
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