Irish Catholics and Secret Societies
...Letter to Father Moriarty from Bishop Wood, 05/14/1864, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8441 The Molly Maguires was organized as a labor force against the coal mines. In the early days of labor unions and strikes, the Mollies chief tacit was the murder of mine bosses.[8] Starting in 1863, they began a decade long war
A Brief History of the Growing Pains of the Church in Philadelphia
...,” CHRC (August 20, 2015), http://www.chrc-phila.org/bishop-francis-kenrick-and-his-journals/. [12] “A Brief History of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.” Archives Archives Select Month April 2024 March 2024 January 2024 November 2023 October 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 May 2022 March
Misericordia Hospital
...built.[6] Dedication of the Misericordia Hospital, 1918 https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/6863 The Hospital was dedicated on June 9, 1918 by Bishop McCort, who declared that “on this glorious day, the dreams of years are realized and sacrifices untold have their reward.[7] Unfortunately, neither Mother Patricia nor Archbishop Prendergast would live to see the
Thomas Nast Anti-Catholic Cartoons
...mised 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