Temperance Movement
...ped start the temperance movement in Ireland and then traveled America from 1849-1851 to spread the cause.[3] With the growth in local societies, usually based around either parishes or dioceses, the need for a unifying national organization arose. So in 1872 in Baltimore, a national convention was held with 177
Higher, Faster, Stronger: The Olympics
...hool. Drafted in 1996, he spent all 20 years of his career playing for the Los Angeles Lakers. In 2008 and 2012, Kobe was named to the Men’s Basketball Team, helping to bring home a gold medal both times. Kobe Bryant stands ready to shoot a free throw. Image is
Black Catholics in Philadelphia and The Journal
...hiopian?) slaves; baptized May 1 (1796) by Rev. L. Neale Rachel, born March 17, 1789, of Margaret Felia and Phanice, negroes, unbelievers; baptized May 2 by Rev. M. Ennis Louis, negro; aged about 6 months, born of John Lewis and Ophelia, negroes; baptized May 6, by Rev. R. Houdet Old
Beloved Cardinal Archbishop: John Francis O’Hara
...his 9 years as Archbishop.[11] O’Hara would receive the red hat on December 15, 1958, becoming the first member of the Congregation of Holy Cross to be raised to the College of Cardinals as well as more generally the first religious from the United States to do so.[12] One August