A “petulant girl”?: Josephine Walsh’s diaries
...life, after a stroke left him weakened. Josephine’s diaries span her young adulthood, from her time at Mount St. Joseph’s Academy until her twenties. They are full of travel notes, commentary on social events, and writings on her family and even their shop business. Story drafts and inspirational ideas are
Dougherty’s Movie Boycott
...Dougherty saw this as creating division which would result in only a “milk-and-water” resolution on movies. While Cardinal Dougherty was strong in his support for the general boycott, everyday Catholics began to start wavering by the winter of 1934. Indeed, many wrote letters to Dougherty asking him to release them
Eucharistic Congress
...a, the future Pope John Paul II. The IEC was considered a huge success and marked an important chapter in the history of the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Halvey_A343_070 Halvey_A448_037 Halvey_A448_023 ← Our Lady of Czestochowa Neumann Canonization →...
Neumann Canonization
...o the legion of saints. Cardinal Krol led a pilgrimage to Rome for the week-long celebration and canonization of America’s first male saint. In addition to the canonization Mass, there were many other events in Rome to celebrate the occasion, such as a reception at the US Embassy and a