Black Catholic periodicals
...the 19th century. In November 1889, a number of prominent men (the actual number is not known) gathered in Baltimore for the first black Catholic lay congress in the country’s history. The emergence of this community was largely due to the efforts of Daniel Rudd, the “leading Catholic representative of
American Federation of Catholic Societies
...wing pains, indeed, at the 5th annual convention they complained about the number of societies not fully paying their dues which made it difficult to fund the work.[10] One of the committees at both the national and state level that had the most impact was the legislative committee. These committees
Benedict Club: A Home Away From Home
...rst year about 200 men visited the club each day and by 1943 that was up to 800.[11] The women volunteers, called the Morale Corps, would organize various themes for the dances as well as staff the offices and service desks and serve food and refreshments. The military men described
Redpath’s Illustrated Weekly: a rare find
...cial activist and entertainment mogul. Redpath had sold his Lyceum booking agency several years earlier and was recuperating from an accident. He proposed to The New York Tribune that they send him to Ireland where he could regain his health while reporting on social conditions in that country. Though born