Alliance of Catholic Women
...anization for women in the Archdiocese and many parish priests saw it as a way to aid in parish activities. [2] Queen of Peace House The Alliance quickly established a place for itself in the city with a wide range of programs. The first major undertaking was the opening and
Anti-Catholicism in Jacksonian Philadelphia
...ained notoriety as bishop of New York. Bishop John Hughes, circa 1861 As a way to present his side of the argument, Hughes started The Catholic Herald, the first long lived diocesan paper in Philadelphia. The newspaper would become the mouthpiece for Bishop Kenrick’s campaign to end Protestant proselytizing in
Pope
...cs is not their faith but their allegiance to a foreign power. In the background, the Germans can be seen cutting their bishop loose. “Something that will not ‘blow over’,” July 29, 1871 On July 12, 1871 in New York City, Irish Catholics clashed with the National Guard protecting an
Catholics in WWII
...stant chaplains.[6] O’Hara’s letter also included a list breaking down the number of chaplains from each diocese, in which Philadelphia had the second most with 51. As the war continued that number would increase to 68, unfortunately eight of those Philadelphia priests would die in the war, the most of