Monsignor Francis X. Meehan

...he collection housed at the Catholic Historical Research Center contains many of the writings Monsignor Francis Meehan penned for different journals, such as Catholic Mind and Linarce Quarterly. Also included are his sermons for Holy Days, liturgical celebrations, and Sundays: https://archives.chrc-phila.org/repositories/2/resources/49 Collection processed and blog created by Richard Girkin Archives

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Thomas Nast (1840-1902)

...s for attacking the New York City political machine of Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall. Nast is also credited with creating the Republican Party’s elephant and drawing the modern image of Santa Claus. However, he also used cartoons to express his dislike of Catholicism. Thomas Nast’s cartoons dealt with Anti-Catholicism

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Monsignor Hugh J. Nolan

...niversity of America. For the next thirty years, he would be involved with different levels of academia. Reverend Nolan began teaching history at Saint James Catholic High School in Chester in 1944 before making the journey up north to Saint Paul, Minnesota three years later. At Saint Paul’s Seminary, he

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Jane and Marianne Campbell: Catholic Feminists

...e pseudonyms “T.S. Arthur” and “Catherine Osborne,” Marianne contributed many articles. The periodical, according to its editor, was to “be a high class monthly magazine devoted to the best interests of Women. It is the intention of the editor,” the first issue’s editorial announcement notes,” to keep women informed of

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