An “Un-American Invention”?: Catholics and the Issue of Prohibition
...“Supporters and Opponents of Prohibition,” The Annals of Iowa, vol. 46, no. 7, Winter 1983, 517. [4] Paul Blakely, “Prohibition, the Cardinal and Billy Sunday,” Catholic Standard and Times, 02/08/1919, 8. [5] Catholic Standard and Times, 07/19/1919, 4; Blakely, “Prohibition,” Catholic Standard and Times, 02/08/1919, 8. [6] Newsom, “Some Kind
Drexel Beatification
...unced that Drexel would be beatified by Pope John Paul II in the months to come. Halvey_246G_007 Halvey_246G_006 Halvey_246G_001 Mass of Thanksgiving With this miracle approved, Katharine Drexel was beatified on November 20, 1988, by Pope John Paul II. Similar to Neumann’s Canonization, the Archdiocese sent 1,000 pilgrims to
Dougherty’s Movie Boycott
...l Dougherty, “Letter to Priests of the Archdiocese,” 05/25/1934, MC78-.1934.05.25, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/7868#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0. [2] Ibid. [3] Frederick Lane, The Decency Wars: The Campaign to Cleanse American Culture, (Amherst: Prometheus Books, 2006), 90. [4] Cardinal Dougherty, “Letter to Harry Warner,” 10/03/1934, MC 78- 81.184, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8106. [5] John McCreesh, “Letter to Cardinal Dougherty,” 0...
Starting from Scratch: The Story of Msgr. Hawks and St. Joan of Arc Parish
...combined church/school. On November 20, 1921 the ground was formally broken. “The winter was very mild and it was possible for the stone masons to lay the heavy foundations in the early part of January. Throughout the month of February the brickwork progressed like magic, whilst the great steel columns