An “Un-American Invention”?: Catholics and the Issue of Prohibition

...r 5, 1933 with the ratification of the 21st Amendment. [1] Michael deHaven Newsom, “Some Kind of Religious Freedom: National Prohibition and the Volstead Act’s Exemption for The Religious Use of Wine,” Brooklyn Law Review, vol. 70, issue 3, 2005, 746. [2] John A Ryan, Prohibition: Yes or No, (New

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American Czestochowa

...Michael Zembrzuski, OSPPE at the dedication of the Shrine, 10/16/1966   As news of the Shrine quickly spread, the barn was becoming too small for the large number of pilgrims. The vision of a larger Shrine was realized when a solemn procession was led to nearby Beacon Hill on September

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Eden Hall

...ystown, Pennsylvania. It was here that a mission was opened by Mother Elizabeth Gallitzin, sister of the missionary priest Demetrius Gallitzin and former Russian princess. Conditions in McSherrystown grew worse when a wave of tuberculosis ran through the community. Seeking a new site for their school, Bishop Francis Kenrick recommended

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