Philadelphia’s First Bishop
Philadelphia’s first Bishop, the Irish-born Franciscan Michael Egan, was appointed a full century after the American colonists began the practice of their Catholic Faith in the New World. Bishop Michael Egan, n.d. The colony of Pennsylvania, chartered in 1681 with William Penn as proprietor, offered the safety of religious tolerance,
Catholic Newspapers in Philadelphia
...genuinely Catholic newspaper in Philadelphia was The Catholic Advocate and Irishman’s Journal. It was started on February 22, 1823 in opposition to The Catholic Herald and Advocate and supported Bishop Conwell in the Hogan Schism. It appears to have only lasted for a few issues. There are no extant copies.
Jane and Marianne Campbell: Catholic Feminists
...le work. 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
An “Un-American Invention”?: Catholics and the Issue of Prohibition
...in a previous post, the Catholic Total Abstinence Union (CTAU) was a large Irish Catholic organization focused on encouraging the public to abstain from all alcohol. Despite their opposition to individuals drinking, many within the CTAU did not believe prohibition was the solution to end alcohol consumption. The CTAU of