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Recap of “To Touch a Saint: Creating a Place for Middle School Students” Grant Program!
..., Jr. (1893-1973), building contractor and U.S. Ambassador to Ireland (1962-1964), created and funded the Wayne-based private foundation in 1967. The Arch-Ed Fund supports Catholic education and Catholic ministry throughout the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Archives Archives Select Month April 2024 March 2024 January 2024 November 2023 October 2023 May 2023
An “Un-American Invention”?: Catholics and the Issue of Prohibition
...n and use altar wine.[6] Catholic Total Abstinence Union https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/7025 However, this does not mean that Catholics were always in favor of alcohol. As discussed in a previous post, the Catholic Total Abstinence Union (CTAU) was a large Irish Catholic organization focused on encouraging the public to
The Bishop’s Bank
...hi." Written underneath is, "The depositor is dead. John McCue, his brother-in-law, is appointed guardian of Hughes daughter Ann-14 years". John Hughes' entry in Bishop's Bank Ledger, 1864 Mark Frenaye managed the bank until September 23, 1857, when Bishop Wood, who had been a bank clerk before entering the priesthood,