Catholic Interracial Council

...chdiocese.[16] However, at the time the chancery was unwilling to supply a new priest.[17] Due to this impasse, the Catholic Interracial Council struggled to continue and debated closing. In 1959, McGarry retired from the organization, which marked the unofficial end of the council. The CICP continued to have sporadic informal

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Archbishop Ryan

...school system started by Bishop Neuman. This could be seen when he opened Roman Catholic High School in 1890, the first free Catholic high school for boys in the country. At the dedication, Archbishop Ryan made his position on the importance of education clear when he stated, “religious education is

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Packard, Butler and Partridge Lithograph Collection

...he church lithograph collection contains images of churches from Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Mississippi, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, and a few from Canada, mainly Montreal. More information on the

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Marian Year of 1954

...cil (the Second Vatican Council), which has been for our century a kind of new Pentecost." Archives Archives Select Month July 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 January 2024 November 2023 October 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 September 2022 August 2022

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