American Federation of Catholic Societies
...and after the war, the newly formed National Catholic Welfare Conference continued to take the lead. In 1923, the head of the Philadelphia branch wrote to Cardinal Dougherty to ask if the AFCS should be dissolved in favor of the NCWC.[14] Dougherty believed that the Federation should continue as it
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
...he role of architect and began where he left off 20 years prior. Building continued through the rest of the 1950s, with the official dedication held on November 20th, 1959.[17] The building of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception has been a long project, which continues
Catholics in WWII
...ch diocese, in which Philadelphia had the second most with 51. As the war continued that number would increase to 68, unfortunately eight of those Philadelphia priests would die in the war, the most of any U.S. diocese.[7] Meyer Photo: Margherita Camp Chapel From his priests, Dougherty would often receive
Thomas Nast Anti-Irish Cartoons
...Atlantic in the Revolutionary Era, eds. Jerry Bannister, Liam Riordan, (Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2012), 218. [8] Benjamin Justice, “Thomas Nast and the Public School of the 1870s,” History of Education Quarterly, Vol. 45, No. 2 (Summer, 2005), 177. [9] Michele Walfred, “‘Bravo, Bravo’: Thomas Nast Cover- 29 July,