Eden Hall
...om Saint Catharine’s grade school recited the rosary, the students of the Academy sang In Paradiso, and the Religious stood with lighted candles in front of their building. For 122 years, Eden Hall stood to educate girls from around the world. However, due to financial troubles, the school and convent
Editorial Cartoons
...rough 1970s. Over the years, the newspaper had used both in house and syndicated cartoons. These cartoons covered major historical events, including the Vatican II, and the Civil Rights Movement. Examining the drawings reveals how Catholics reacted to world events. Earl H. Wolf (1915-1999) Earl H. Wolf was the cartoonist
Dougherty’s Movie Boycott
...heaters.[1] By doing so, Dougherty declared it sinful for any of the area’s 800,000 Catholics to enter a movie theater. In his letter to the priests of the Archdiocese, Dougherty called the motion picture theater “perhaps the greatest menace to faith and morals in America today.”[2] Dougherty and many others