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

...he famous people who came, like Mother Teresa, Karol WojtyÅ‚a before he was pope, Dorothy Day, and Princess Grace of Monaco. The exhibit will display sacred objects – ciboria, chalices, and vestments used at the Masses – letters, photographs, and artwork used during the IEC. The collection illustrates the impact

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Benedict Club: A Home Away From Home

...oth World Wars. Located at 157 North 15th Street, the club was named after Pope Benedict XV, who was pope during World War I.[1] By 1919, it was considered the largest such organization of its kind, serving over 3,000 meals a week and having sleeping accommodations for over 400.[2] The

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Dougherty’s Movie Boycott

...wide range of letters from regular people from around the country. The response was largely supportive, with both Catholics and Protestants praising him for standing up to the immorality of Hollywood. However, some believed that a full boycott went too far, with petitions questioning the move from State Senator McCreesh

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Historic Anti-Catholic Cartoons

...istoric Anti-Catholic Cartoons   While anti-Catholic cartoons date back to the Protestant Reformation, around the 1870s there was a renewed focus on the Catholic Church in the United States. World events, such as the new dogma of papal infallibility (the belief that the pope cannot be wrong in matters of

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