Thomas Nast Anti-Irish Cartoons
...ing people, the Irish are drawn with ape-like faces illustrating their inferiority as well as the lack of intelligence. Such depictions of Irish were not limited to Nast, with other papers such as Puck and Judge also using caricatures of Irish as primitive and violent.[8] "Bravo, Bravo!" https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/7356 The other
Parish and School Closing
...4J_071 Halvey_724J_046 Halvey_724J_041 Schools Affected In addition to parishes, a number of high schools were also slated to close, such as St. James High School for Boys in Chester, or merge, such as Bishop Conwell H.S. in Levittown and Bishop Egan H.S. in Fairless Hills. Other schools originally considered
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
...lica has become a center of Catholic worship and has given the country a shrine that rivals others from around the world. 1993.018 Box 1; CHRC For more on the Basilica visit our online catalog and our archives for material on the dedication or copies of Salve Regina. [1] “Overview
Philadelphia’s First Catholic Cathedral
...death, the conflict between the trustees and the bishops over who had authority to appoint priests to a church would continue into Bishop Conwell’s tenure. The Hogan schism under Conwell was such a problem that the issue would go all the way to the Pope to be resolved in 1822.