Gift of Finest Wheat: The Story of the 41st International Eucharistic Congress

...eme of the 41st IEC was “The Eucharist and the Hungers of the Human Family” with the goal of examining both physical and spiritual hunger. The history of the Eucharistic Congress dates to 1881, when a one-day congress was held in Lille, France and attended by more than 800 people.

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Benedict Club: A Home Away From Home

...ick, 08/08/1941, MC78_80.8310 [7] “A Report on the USO Activities in Philadelphia,” Philadelphia USO Council, 05/01/1942, MC78_80.8310 [8] The Benedict Club: A Home Away From Home, 1946, P018.034 [9] The Benedict Club: A Home Away From Home, 1946, P018.034 [10] “A Report on the USO Activities in Philadelphia,” Philadelphia USO

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Dougherty’s Movie Boycott

...e move from State Senator McCreesh and Democratic Committee Chairman John Kelly (Princess Grace Kelly’s father).[5] One major concern of Dougherty’s was that other bishops were not joining him in the total ban. Rather places like the Archdiocese of St. Paul were publishing white lists, movies that they deemed Catholics

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Historic Anti-Catholic Cartoons

...th), raised concerns that Catholics owed allegiance first to the Church and not to the United States. The increasing number of Catholic immigrants, most notably from Ireland, led many to believe that America’s Protestant culture was at risk. ← Cartooning Catholics Thomas Nast →...

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