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...012. The material can be access by visiting: https://thecatholicnewsarchive.org/ Parish Mapping Project Explore our maps of the parish boundaries from different points over the history of the Archdiocese: View the 1971 parish boundary map here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1kAuttxjUNIOTogr05zzDB31kB9gq4myC&usp=sharing View the 1921 parish boundary map here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=12hZun1-1hUN1DowqK7ICETiiYl4dIndo&us...
Thomas Nast Anti-Catholic Cartoons
...Land,' as seen from the Dome of St. Peter's, Rome" https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/7354 "Tied to His Mother's Apron-Strings" https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/7360 One of themes conveyed through Nast’s cartoons was that the pope was looking to rule the United States by converting its people to Catholicism. This could be seen in his cartoon drawn in
Irish Catholics and Secret Societies
...e Grand Procession in Honor of the Fenian Exiles," https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/7066 The Catholic Church has a long history of opposing secret societies, partly because of the oaths of loyalty involved in such groups. Nevertheless, during the 1800s there were two major organizations that attracted numbers of Irish Catholics: the Fenian Brotherhood