An “Un-American Invention”?: Catholics and the Issue of Prohibition
...fication of the 21st Amendment. [1] Michael deHaven Newsom, “Some Kind of Religious Freedom: National Prohibition and the Volstead Act’s Exemption for The Religious Use of Wine,” Brooklyn Law Review, vol. 70, issue 3, 2005, 746. [2] John A Ryan, Prohibition: Yes or No, (New York: The Paulist Press), 1.
Education
...parochial schools (schools run by a parish) and attempts by politicians to use government money to fund these schools caused concern that public schools would be completely replaced. “The American River Ganges. The priests and the children,” December, 30, 1871 One of Nast’s most famous cartoons, “The American River Ganges,”
Dougherty’s Movie Boycott
...e move from State Senator McCreesh and Democratic Committee Chairman John Kelly (Princess Grace Kelly’s father).[5] One major concern of Dougherty’s was that other bishops were not joining him in the total ban. Rather places like the Archdiocese of St. Paul were publishing white lists, movies that they deemed Catholics
FAQ
...ords for St. John’s Orphan Asylum dating from 1845 to 1970, St. Joseph’s House for Homeless Industrious Boys (Philadelphia) dating from 1904 to 1940, and St. Francis Industrial/Vocational School (Eddington) dating from 1888 to 1970. Please note that records after 1930 will only be provided to those researchers seeking their