Alliance of Catholic Women
...well as aided in finding permanent jobs and homes for them.[3] During the Great Depression, Queen of Peace House also operated as a soup kitchen, giving out on average 700 meals a month.[4] Unfortunately, the high costs of running the shelter led to is closing in 1946.[5] Another notable part
Lawrence Francis Flick papers, 1889-1930 (MC 18)
...to educate the public and founded White Haven Sanitarium in 1901. Having a great interest in history, Flick was one of the founders of the American Catholic Historical Society (ACHS) and served as its president for a time. He also helped found the American Catholic Historical Association, and served as
Victory Mass
...an Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia 53, no. 4 (1942): 203. [6] “Great Catholic Mass in Convention Hall to Support War Effort,” SB-36 June 1942-Dec. 1942; Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. [7] Leslie White, Modern Capitalist Culture, (New York: Routledge, 2016), 257. [8] “Solemn Pontifical Mass,”
Archbishop Ryan
...t Vatican Council.[5] Contemporaries of Ryan were always quick to note his great wit and skills as an orator.[6] When Ryan was appointed as Archbishop of Philadelphia in 1884, there were 300,000 Catholics in the archdiocese. Over his 27 years in charge, Ryan would build 170 churches, 82 schools, and