Dougherty’s Movie Boycott

...his orders in matters of morality and that disobeying the boycott was a serious sin. Dougherty would often clarify that the boycott was not against movies per se just the theaters so if a parish hall had a film screening of an acceptable movie then Catholics would be permitted to

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Benedict Club: A Home Away From Home

...e influences and prevent our young men from being ruined physically and spiritually.”[5] The parishes of Archdiocese of Philadelphia raised roughly $25,000 in July 1941 for the USO campaign.[6] Sunday Dinner at the Benedict Club Initially, a total of nine agencies opened USO clubs in Philadelphia, with the Benedict Club

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Jane and Marianne Campbell: Catholic Feminists

...e work. Jane and Marianne were also involved in numerous Catholic, civic, Irish-American, botanical, and historical organizations and associations, such as the American Catholic Historical Society for which Jane served as recording secretary for a time, as well as the City History Society of Philadelphia, the Audubon Society, St. Vincent’s

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Marian Year of 1954

...Parish in Ardsley. Halvey_K444_010 MC006 - Pier Chapel of Our Lady of Port Richmond Shrine of Our Lady at Queen of Peace Parish in Ardsley   Several events took place during the Marian year. A two-year exhibition of Vatican stamps, the first time displayed in the United States, opened at

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