Catholic Interracial Council
...g practices, such as pressuring the Philadelphia Transportation Company to expand their hiring for non-menial jobs to black employees. In 1944 once the PTC began to make changes, a transportation strike was called by the white employees in protest. McGarry, the WPIF, and other religious groups then pressured the Irish
Our Lady of Czestochowa Dedication
...de. In addition, to the sculpture, a 200 foot tall bell tower was erected next to the shrine. The bells were added in 1967 and named Stefan, Franicis, and John after Cardinals Wyszynki, O’Hara, and Krol. The shrine would continue to be visited by pilgrimages from around the world, with
Daughters of Charity Nursed Wounded Civil War Soldiers at West Philadelphia hospital
...rove with the advent of permanent army hospitals like Sattelee, staffed by experiences surgeons and dedicated sisters. During its four-year existence, more than 50,000 wounded soldiers were treated at Satterlee. The contributions made by the medical professionals and the Daughters of Charity who staffed the hospital are immeasurable. PAHRC holds
Catholics Responses to the Spanish Civil War
...f Catholics, such as the protest against the persecution of the church in Mexico or his denunciation of Nazi Germany. Dougherty, along with Cardinal O’Connor of Boston, became members of the Spanish Nationalist Relief Committee, which sought to supply aid in the form of food, clothing, and medicine to those