Pope
...trated the Draft Riots of July 1863, where Irish Catholics attacked African-Americans throughout New York City. Nast blamed the attacks on both the ethnicity of the Irish and their Catholic religion, believing that it made them incompatible with American values. “A Roman Catholic Mission from England to the “heathens” of
Jane and Marianne Campbell: Catholic Feminists
...rk. Jane and Marianne were also involved in numerous Catholic, civic, Irish-American, botanical, and historical organizations and associations, such as the American Catholic Historical Society for which Jane served as recording secretary for a time, as well as the City History Society of Philadelphia, the Audubon Society, St. Vincent’s Aid
Historic Resting Place for Famous and Faithful
...of the graves in the cemetery. Other graves contain the remains of the not-so-famous faithful, who labored to build the Church in Philadelphia. More information about Old St. Mary and its cemetery(ies) can be found in the Records and Researches of the American Catholic Historical Society. Along with other materials
Archbishop John Carroll
...earch Center. [8] Ibid., 172. [9] Minutes of the Trustees for Holy Trinity, 1788-1839, 69. Catholic Historical Research Center. [10] Ibid., 76. [11] Ibid., 83. [12] Pastoral Letters of Archbishop Carroll, to the Congregation of Trinity Church, in Philadelphia, 1797; P015.003, 6. Catholic Historical Research Center. [13] Ibid., 11 &