Alliance of Catholic Women
...ut hundreds of new toys.[12] In 1953, the Alliance of Catholic Women faced new competition from the newly formed Ladies of Charity of Philadelphia, which unlike the ACW did not charge membership dues. Despite this, the Alliance continued its charitable work in the archdiocese until 2000, when the organization ceased
James Buchanan materials at the Archdiocesan Archives?
...separation of church and state on the third page: If there is anything in world which I do despise it is attempts to bring religion into politics and to make a man's creed operate against him, I don't care to what sect he may belong. Page 3 Page 4 The
Catholic Standard and Times records, 1909-1941 (MC 27)
...dard was first published on January 6, 1866 as the official organ of the Diocese of Philadelphia. The Catholic Times first appeared on December 3, 1892. The two papers merged at the end of November 1895 and the first issue of The Catholic Standard and Times was published on December
Our Lady of Czestochowa Dedication
...ol. The shrine would continue to be visited by pilgrimages from around the world, with at least 50,000 coming every year. President Johnson was not the only world leader to come to the shrine, with President Ronald Reagan, President George H.W. Bush, and Karol Cardinal Wojtyła, the future Pope John