Victory Mass

...the war effort. Furthermore, it connected Catholicism and patriotism in a new way as it framed the war as one needed to defend Western civilization against the aggression and destruction of Nazi Germany. https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/6875 For more on the Victory Mass visit the archives for our scrapbook collection, which has numerous

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...s, a free online resource that provides access to twenty historic Catholic newspapers and news agencies from across the country from as early as the 1830s. All material is fully searchable by date and keyword.   Access to these newly digitized issues allows individuals to learn about many important issues,

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A Philadelphia Artist

...f to have him hired to paint a marine subject for one of the panels in the new extensions of the U.S. Capitol building. Letter from John S. Meehan to W.A.K. Martin, February 2, 1857 Although Meehan urged Martin to begin work on the project in order to provide members

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Temperance Movement

..., 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 building of public drinking fountains,

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