Pope visit

...nn at St. Peter the Apostle Church, followed by a speech at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. There, he praised the faith and devotion of the Eastern Catholic Churches especially in the face of communism. Halvey_347A_005 Halvey_347A_006 Halvey_347A_018 Halvey_347A_19   Mass and Departure Rounding out the morning,

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Gift of Finest Wheat: The Story of the 41st International Eucharistic Congress

...44 Cardinals and 417 bishops from around the world. The exhibit is a way to highlight that Eucharistic Congresses have been a mainstay in Catholic life, and how the past resonates with today....

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Dougherty’s Movie Boycott

...heaters.[1] By doing so, Dougherty declared it sinful for any of the area’s 800,000 Catholics to enter a movie theater. In his letter to the priests of the Archdiocese, Dougherty called the motion picture theater “perhaps the greatest menace to faith and morals in America today.”[2] Dougherty and many others

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Cardinal Dougherty and His Golden Jubilee

...f over 100 new parishes, Catholicism flourished in the Archdiocese and the number of Catholics continued to increase. Halvey_483 Dougherty’s Golden Jubilee of his ordination to the priesthood was seen as a way to honor his work in expanding the Church as well as celebrating Catholic life in the city.

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