William J. Lallou papers, circa 1890-1973 (MC 55)
...thored The fifty years of the apostolic delegation (1943), and was named a domestic prelate by Pope John XXIII in 1959. This collection contains sermons as well as scrapbooks and picture books, many of which document both Lallou’s travels abroad as well as Our Lady of Lourdes Church. Personal diaries,
Joseph M. Corrigan papers, 1896-1942 (MC 25)
...n. The same year that he became rector of St. Charles, Corrigan was made a domestic prelate by Pope Pius XI. His elevation to the episcopacy came in 1940. This collection contains correspondence as well as some of Corrigan’s sermons, speeches, and radio addresses, and a few photographs. Much of
A “petulant girl”?: Josephine Walsh’s diaries
...ition. Her brother James in particular had a very strict idea of a woman’s domestic responsibilities, and did not allow her to pursue anything else. "When I had kept house for about a year, I begged Jim to let me go to school some place to learn higher education and
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