Catholics in WWII
...ervice and sacrifice of Catholics during the war [1] Letter from White House July 5, 1944, MC 78-80.4989. [2] Letter to Cardinal Dougherty from Harry Boylan, 07/08/1945, MC 78-80.1445. https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8237 [3] Letter to Cardinal Dougherty from Captain Harry Boylan, 05/28/1945, MC 78-80.1444. https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8233 [4] Letter to Cardinal Dougherty from
A “petulant girl”?: Josephine Walsh’s diaries
...stories. A diary entry from 1906 laments her rejections from publishing houses. "So far the income from my writings has amounted to nothing. In fact less than nothing – because I have had the expense of paper, ink and time!" Walsh on the business of writing. 1906 diary, page 1.
Anti-Catholicism in Jacksonian Philadelphia
...of St. John the Evangelist Church, who later gained notoriety as bishop of New York. Bishop John Hughes, circa 1861 As a way to present his side of the argument, Hughes started The Catholic Herald, the first long lived diocesan paper in Philadelphia. The newspaper would become the mouthpiece for
The Immaculata Mighty Macs
...esa Halvey Photograph Collection. Sources: Byrne, Julie. O God 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