Redpath’s Illustrated Weekly: a rare find

...rote numerous articles and delivered lectures throughout the United States supporting the cause of Irish land reform and, eventually, Irish freedom. Reacting to the pro-English stance of most American newspapers concerning Ireland, in July 1882 Redpath bought the New York based newspaper McGee’s Illustrated Weekly from its publisher, Maurice Francis

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Newman Centers

...row to 59 by 1924. The goal of the FCCC was to guide local chapters and to support the creation of new ones.[9] One avenue for this was the publication of periodicals, such as the Newman Quarterly (later Newman News), which ran from 1917 to 1947.[10] In 1938, the FCCC

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Parish and School Closing

...vey_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 for

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American Federation of Catholic Societies

...wing pains, indeed, at the 5th annual convention they complained about the number of societies not fully paying their dues which made it difficult to fund the work.[10] One of the committees at both the national and state level that had the most impact was the legislative committee. These committees

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