Alliance of Catholic Women

...ut tens of thousands of pieces of garments per year as well as assisting families with holiday meals.[11] Every year the Alliance would also host Christmas parties for children of struggling families, where they would give out hundreds of new toys.[12] In 1953, the Alliance of Catholic Women faced new

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Liturgical Week

...s to have “full, active participation of the congregation to the extent permitted by the Holy Father.” Halvey_P544_001 Halvey_P797_001   Altering the Altar The four-day program which ran from August 19th to the 22nd, would include sessions, meetings, and art displays. The keystone event was Archbishop Krol’s opening Mass, which

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1832 Cholera Outbreak in Philadelphia and Duffy’s Cut

...nd their strong virtues, caring for the sick in the exercise of the sacred ministry; while non-Catholic ministers generally fled from the city.” Excerpt from Kenrick's diary, September 22, 1832 Kenrick was one among many prominent religious figures of all Christian denominations in the United States and Britain who viewed

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Historic Anti-Catholic Cartoons

...pal infallibility (the belief that the pope cannot be wrong in matters of faith), raised concerns that Catholics owed allegiance first to the Church and not to the United States. The increasing number of Catholic immigrants, most notably from Ireland, led many to believe that America’s Protestant culture was at

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