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Work of the Priest

Tags: 1930s, Father John Hayes, Illinois, labor, Mundelein, National Catholic Welfare Conference, NCWC, priest study clubs, SAD, Social Action Department, St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Summer School for Social Action, worker rights

Letter from Father Raymond McGowan to Bishop Edward Mooney, Dec. 12, 1934

Tags: 1930s, Bishop Edward Mooney, Catholic social teaching, Father Raymond McGowan, labor, National Catholic Council of Catholic Women, National Catholic Welfare Conference, National Council of Catholic Men, NCCM, NCCW, NCWC, SAD, Social Action Department

Letter from Father Raymond McGowan to Bishop Edward Mooney, Dec. 14, 1934

Tags: 1930s, Bishop Edward Mooney, Catholic social teaching, Father Raymond McGowan, Industrial conference, labor, National Catholic Council of Catholic Women, National Catholic Welfare Conference, National Council of Catholic Men, NCCM, NCCW, NCWC, SAD, Social Action Department

Letter from Father Raymond McGowan to Bishop Edward Mooney, April 20, 1935

Tags: 1930s, Bishop Edward Mooney, Catholic Charities, Catholic social teaching, Father Raymond McGowan, labor, National Catholic Council of Catholic Women, National Catholic Welfare Conference, National Council of Catholic Men, NCCM, NCCW, NCWC, SAD, Social Action Department

Letter from Francis Cardinal Spellman to Archbishop John T. McNicholas (August 21, 1948)

Tags: Archbishop John McNicholas, Bishop John O'Hara, Francis Cardinal Spellman, Labor Day Statement, SAD, Social Action Department

Letter from Frank Fitzsimmons to Monsignor Higgins

"Speech Delivered to the New York State Democratic Convention," September 29, 1936

You can view a transcript of Roosevelt's speech at: The American Presidency Project. For more information on this particular item, visit the document page for FDR Speech Delivered to the New York State Democratic Convention. This item is a part of…

Tags: 1930s, FDR, Politics

"Message of the President Recommending Legislation on Economic Security," January 17, 1935

For more information on this particular item, visit the document page for Anonymous, "Message of the President Recommending Legislation on Economic Security," January 17, 1935 This item is a part of the Catholics and Social Security: The National…

Tags: 1930s, Social Security

Draft of Propositions on the Church's Missionary Activity, Vatican II

Lenora Barry, n.d.

After the Knights of Labor legalized the admittance of Women in 1880, the union created a Committee on Women's Work. The Committee chose Leonora Barry (1849-1930), an Irish immigrant, one-time teacher, and former factory worker, to serve as a…

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