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
The Immaculata Mighty Macs
...of Players. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. “Remember the Glory Days!, Program for the 25th Anniversary of First National Women’s Collegiate Basketball Championship won by the Mighty Macs of Immaculata College”. Immaculata, PA: Immaculata College, 1997. Archives Archives Select Month July 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 January
Roman Catholic and Archdiocese High Schools
...ducation or calling out the powers of the soul.”[4] Classes started on two days later with 105 freshman students; however, only a quarter of them would graduate as many dropped out because of the rigor.[5] Despite the low graduation rate, Roman Catholic quickly became popular so that by the turn
Cornelia Connelly, S.H.C.J.
...usband Austin Montgomery. Growing up, Cornelia went with her parents on Sundays to Second Presbyterian Church at Third and Arch streets. She continued to frequent the congregation until 1831, when she was baptized into the Episcopal Church at Saint Stephen’s on Tenth Street. It is uncertain as to why she