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The Irish World newspaper, 1896
John Ryan's family subscribed to the The Irish World, a newspaper about Ireland for those living outside that country. Ryan writes that The Irish World "was widely read and began coming into our house when I was eleven years of age, about a year…
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This item is part of the background material for the 1919 Bishops' Program of Social Reconstruction section.
The Attitude of the Roman Catholic Church Towards Radical Social Reform
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In this article, Ryan explains that the Catholic Church's approach to social reform is a conservative rather than a radical one.
Picking slate in Scranton, PA, n.d.
Boys in Scranton, Pennsylvania pick slate from coal. Industrial change transformed the nature of work in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and young children often labored in the new industries instead of attending school or…
'See Him Through!' War Council poster, 1918
Poster recruiting volunteers to help the National Catholic War Council's war effort, in cooperation with the Knights of Columbus and the United War Work Campaign.
John J. Burke, ca. 1918
Fr. John J. Burke (1875-1936) was born in New York City to immigrant Irish parents, and entered the Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle, known as the Paulists, as a young man. Burke embraced a national view of Catholicism drawn from the ideals…
Letter from Rev. John O'Grady to Rev. Mgr. M.J. Splaine, October 16, 1918
In this letter Rev. O'Grady presents a revised budget for the Committee for Reconstruction and urges caution in choosing its members.