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...al Society, fourteen more years of Catholic Standard & Times, spanning from 1916 to 1930, have just been added to the Catholic News Archives, 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
Higher, Faster, Stronger: The Olympics
...Edward the Confessor in North Philadelphia. The pair won gold medals at the 1920 and 1924 Olympics (Antwerp and Paris, respectively) in double sculls, while Kelly won an additional gold in single sculls in 1920. Paul would win gold again at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam. Theresa Shank-Grentz smiles in
Temperance Movement
..., History of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America, (Philadelphia: 1907), 11. [2] Daria Gasparini, “A Celebration of Moral Force: The Catholic Total Abstinence Union of American Centennial Fountain,” Master’s Thesis (University of Pennsylvania, 2002), 47. [3] Ibid., 47. [4] Ibid., 49. [5] Gibbs, History of the Catholic, 19.
A Brief History of the Growing Pains of the Church in Philadelphia
...he American Catholic History Society of Philadelphia, vol. 25, no. 2 (June, 1914), 160. [8] Martin I. J. Griffin, “Life of Bishop Conwell,” 161. [9] Thomas Rzeznik, “Roman Catholic Parishes.” [10] “A Brief History of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.” [11] Katherine DeFenzo, “Bishop Francis Kenrick and His Journals,” CHRC (August