Hometown Saint: Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in Philadelphia
...ior, be made for the Black Catholics in the area. Katharine Drexel offered support by purchasing a building that would serve as a parish chapel. Four years later, the parish of St. Ignatius, originally a German ethnic parish, was converted to serve the needs of the ever-growing African-American population in
A “petulant girl”?: Josephine Walsh’s diaries
...a woman in the early twentieth century. It appears that her family did not support her ambition. 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,
Legion of Decency
...hicago. They were distributed as a means of encouraging children to take the Legion of Decency movie boycott pledge. ← Bil Keane Fundraisers →...
Temperance Movement
...its mission and pledge, the CTAU relied on public rallies in order to gain support and convince people to give up alcohol. In addition, the union made use of numerous newspapers, such as Boston’s The Pilot or New York's Catholic Society Journal of America in order to spread the message