An “Un-American Invention”?: Catholics and the Issue of Prohibition
...ladelphia was one of the major opponents since they believed it was more important to affect change by moral suasion than through law. Indeed, after the passage of the 18th Amendment, the Catholic Total Abstinence Union believed Prohibition would be ineffective without their continued work to change the public’s sentiments
Cornelia Connelly, S.H.C.J.
...on. Before leaving Louisiana, conflicted Cornelia offered her husband an opportunity to change his mind and reconcile the marriage. He remained steadfast in his desire to join the priesthood even if it meant splitting up the family. In the fall of 1843, Connelly and her husband presented their petition to
Friendly and Adopted Sons
...s society.”[10] Indeed, for many years the Hibernian Society used the 1771 date for the reckoning of their annual dinners and in 1898 changed their name to the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick for the Relief of Emigrants from Ireland.[11] With that the society has continued to
Parish Mapping Project
...part of the archdiocese but are now part of another diocese. From the 1971 date it was decided to go back fifty years from that to 1921 and then another fifty years to 1871. (Update: Due to the lack of historic data on boundaries, the decision was made to map