Alliance of Catholic Women
...ut hundreds of new toys.[12] In 1953, the Alliance of Catholic Women faced new competition from the newly formed Ladies of Charity of Philadelphia, which unlike the ACW did not charge membership dues. Despite this, the Alliance continued its charitable work in the archdiocese until 2000, when the organization ceased
The Story of Duffy’s Cut
...of the most challenging stretches of the route. Riding out to Malvern, the new laborers set up camp and began to work. Cholera, a disease which has been running rampart through the Western world, had reached the camp. Fearful of contracting the disease, along with the added prejudice against Irish
Redpath’s Illustrated Weekly: a rare find
...st American newspapers concerning Ireland, in July 1882 Redpath bought the New York based newspaper McGee’s Illustrated Weekly from its publisher, Maurice Francis Egan and determined to make it a vehicle to support land reform in Ireland and promote Irish independence. July 15, 1882 issue of McGee's Illustrated Weekly noting
Papal Infallibility
...een British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone and Cardinal John Henry Newman (now Saint Newman). In a pamphlet published in 1874, Gladstone declared that Papal Infallibility was “at war with modern thought” since faith and morals touch on every part of human life and thus “infallibility is as wide as