The Story of Duffy’s Cut
...ial projects on railroads and canals throughout the eastern portion of the United States in the 1820s and 1830s from the Erie Canal to the New Orleans Canal.” They ended the book in saying, “The fifty-seven Irish victims at Duffy’s Cut died building something of great consequence, and trains still
American Federation of Catholic Societies
...as finally answered.[2] Two national conferences were held in New York and New Jersey in 1900 and 1901 to lay the groundwork for the new organization. It was at these sessions that the name, The American Federation of Catholic Societies (AFCS), was decided on as well as the new group’s
The Church and Labor
...lic Men, 1934), P002.2186 [6] John O’Brien, The Church and a Living Wage, (New York: Paulist Press, 1937), P020.136 [7] Raymond Feely, Communism and Union Labor: Where Do You Stand? (New York: Paulist Press, 1937), P020.204 [8] Pius XI, Social Reconstruction [9] John Coogan, Rome and the American Labor Union,
World War One Army Chaplains
...he Pennsylvania National Guard; however, he would be discharged before the United States officially entered the war. Father Wolfe would serve as the rector of St. Gregory’s until his passing at the age of 67 in 1949.[11] His actions and the actions of countless others during World War One serve