National Council of Catholic Women

...a federation seeking to unite and strengthen local groups, not to be in competition with them.[3] When the NCCW began, there were 264 women’s groups that affiliated with it. Structurally, the National Council of Catholic Women had regional providences, normally named after the various archdioceses around the United States. Each

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Thomas Nast Anti-Catholic Cartoons

...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 1870 where the pope and other clergy stand atop St. Peters Basilica and greedily eye America as the promise land.

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Black Catholic periodicals

...(July-August 1923 issue) Other journals in PAHRC's collection include The Flight, published by the Institute of Mission Helpers in Baltimore, and Mission fields at home followed by Mission published by the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in Philadelphia. Founded by Saint Katharine Drexel, the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament devoted

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...on CHRC holds one of the largest collections of Catholic newspapers in the United States. View the Collection Slide 1 Photograph Collection CHRC has numerous images of churches, religious persons, events, and places relating to the history of the Archdiocese. View the Collection Slide 3 Manuscript Collection The Manuscript Collection

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