The Church and Labor

...G. Higgins presented 1995 Rerum Novarum Award by Local 1776 United Food & Commercial Workers. Halvey 454K Many Catholic across Europe and America saw the importance of Rerum Novarum, with some comparing its effect on labor to the effect of the Manga Carta on liberty.[4] Msgr. John Ryan, Director of

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Elizabeth Sarah Kite and the Seminaries of France

...ite’s article was published in The American Ecclesiastical Review (see our online catalog for our collection of The American Ecclesiastical Review here) and entreated Americans of any faith to come to the aid of France: Yet may we not hope that the generous spirit of the American clergy and people

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Portrait photograph of Robert M. O'Reilly, circa 1870

A lengthy and active military career

...as "Jack" was also involved in the war. Philip, a cadet in the U.S. Navy, died in 1901 at age 22. On page one, he notes: In that now the blockade is over Jack's ship is ordered back to League Island, so no doubt you will see him soon... The

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