Dougherty’s Movie Boycott
...heaters.[1] By doing so, Dougherty declared it sinful for any of the area’s 800,000 Catholics to enter a movie theater. In his letter to the priests of the Archdiocese, Dougherty called the motion picture theater “perhaps the greatest menace to faith and morals in America today.”[2] Dougherty and many others
Marian Year of 1954
...Parish in Ardsley. Halvey_K444_010 MC006 - Pier Chapel of Our Lady of Port Richmond Shrine of Our Lady at Queen of Peace Parish in Ardsley Several events took place during the Marian year. A two-year exhibition of Vatican stamps, the first time displayed in the United States, opened at
Cornelia Connelly, S.H.C.J.
...in Natchez, Mississippi. At the time, Catholicism was going through a revival in the Mississippi Valley: old orders such as the Society of Jesus was restored and new missionary orders, such as the Society of the Sacred Heart, came from Europe with a new missionary zeal. However, with revival comes
Research Request Forms
...Philadelphia and the surrounding counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery. CHRC has the admission records for three boys’ orphanages: St. John’s Orphan Asylum (Dec. 1845 through May 1970), St. Joseph’s House for Homeless Boys (July 26, 1904-April 22, 1940), St. Francis’ Industrial School in Eddington (July 17, 1888-June 15,