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
Benedict Club: A Home Away From Home
...rst year about 200 men visited the club each day and by 1943 that was up to 800.[11] The women volunteers, called the Morale Corps, would organize various themes for the dances as well as staff the offices and service desks and serve food and refreshments. The military men described
Christmas
Christmas As long as editorial cartoons have appeared in The Catholic Standard and Times, they have challenged the commercialization of Christmas. Wolf, “Whose Birthday?” December 4, 1953 By having Jesus unable to find a card that references his birthday, Wolf challenges viewers to remember the purpose of the holiday. McGovern,
A lengthy and active military career
...position he held from 1902 until his retirement in 1909, was the last in a long line of assignments that came during his almost 50 years of service. O'Reilly certainly did not experience many dull moments during his career as it coincided with several national and international wars and conflicts.