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
Benedict Club: A Home Away From Home
...rst year about 200 men visited the club each day and by 1943 that was up to 800.[11] The women volunteers, called the Morale Corps, would organize various themes for the dances as well as staff the offices and service desks and serve food and refreshments. The military men described
Eden Hall
...r, as Mother Katharine Drexel of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, the care and education of Native Americans would be part of her charism. Even in death did Eden Hall and he Sacred heart Sisters mean something to Saint Katharine. Sister Consuela Marie Duffy, SBS, writes that Since the
Day of Great Joy: Sisters of St. Joseph in Philadelphia
...X351 Besides education, the sisters have had a history of working in healthcare in the archdiocese. The first instance was when they founded St. Joseph hospital at the instance of Bishop Kenrick and ran the hospital for 10 years.[10] Due to their work there, they were called upon to act