The Church and Labor
...to the new economic systems and ideas that had spread around the world, namely capitalism and socialism. He recognized that unrestricted capitalism placed on the "laboring poor a yoke little better than that of slavery," while also condemning socialism for being "directly contrary to the natural rights of mankind."[1] His
Hometown Saint: Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in Philadelphia
...sses grew to in St. Ignatius parish. In 1924, Cardinal Dougherty ordered a new parish, called Holy Savior, be made for the Black Catholics in the area. Katharine Drexel offered support by purchasing a building that would serve as a parish chapel. Four years later, the parish of St. Ignatius,
Misericordia Hospital
...e made to merge the running of Misericordia with Fitzgerald Mercy, a hospital in Delaware County run by the Sisters of Mercy. One of the major goals of the merger was to increases and expand the medical teaching programs, which would allow students to be exposed to more treatments of
American Federation of Catholic Societies
...rgh Diocesan Council. They hoped that a national federation would be a “timely alliance… to facilitate and conserve these grand objects and noble aims” of the various Catholic societies.[1] However, the plan did not get any momentum and it was not until 1899 when the Knights of St. John again