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

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Martin I. J. Griffin papers, 1842-1950 (MC 8)

...ewspapers. Widely known as a church historian, Griffin authored many works dealing with Catholic history and was a frequent contributor to and editor of several magazines and periodicals, including The Irish Catholic Benevolent Union Journal, American Catholic Historical Researches and Griffin’s Journal. He edited a Sunday School journal from 1867

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James Buchanan materials at the Archdiocesan Archives?

...the likelihood of Buchanan becoming President. The letter provides a good deal of insight into Buchanan's personality and political philosophies as well as the current state of politics in both Pennsylvania and the country. Part of the first page of the letter reads: You know I am not a sanguine

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Papal Infallibility

...more, for the pope to be infallible it must be on matters of salvation and deal with the whole church, which means he could not use his authority to speak ex cathedra on matters only relating to one country. Thus, Newman concluded that there is “no inconsistency in my being

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