Beloved Cardinal Archbishop: John Francis O’Hara
...rated as a bishop and was appointed to lead the Apostolic Delegate for the United States Armed Forces. On V - E Day in 1945, he was installed as the Bishop of Buffalo where he remained for the next 6 years.[3] O’Hara was appointed head of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia
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
Pope visit
...rse of ten days in October 1979, Pope John Paul II visited 6 cities in the United States. He spent two of those days in the City of Philadelphia. Arriving at Philadelphia International Airport at three in the afternoon on October 3rd, 1979, Pope John Paul II was greeted by
Medical Mission Sisters
...] It was shortly after this that the sisters moved their headquarters from Washington D.C. to Philadelphia at the request of Cardinal Dougherty. [7] Medical Mission Sisters Photograph album https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/7369 Now that the Medical Mission Sisters were officially recognized, they began to grow quickly in both membership and service locations.