Legion of Decency

...Legion of Decency The cartoons used by the Legion of Decency represent the use of cartoons as means of propaganda. These images were used to gain support for the movie boycotts of the 1930s. The use of the octopus was a common motif in cartooning to illustrate corruption. Catholic Youth

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Catabloging

...ersity Archives, some institutions are using this method as a way to allow users to access their collections. As explained on the University of Massachusetts' UMarmot site, the catablog originated: "...as an experiment responding to two perceived needs: first, to find a low cost means of maximizing the public availability

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The Church and Labor

...s, Father John O’Brien, compared Pope Leo’s work to the Bill of Rights because it set forth the idea that man is endowed with natural rights in the workforce and that he therefore needs to be treated with justice.[6] For Pope Leo and Pope Pius, these rights meant that for

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Mary Brackett Willcox and Catholicism in the Suburbs

...Thomas the Apostle Parish in 1729. This mission, based out of the family house, would be considered the first parish in the diocese.[4] Despite marrying into a large Catholic family, Mary remained deeply Protestant and is reported to silently protest her husband’s Catholicism, even slamming doors to distract the small

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