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Vanishing Americans?

The high costs of a Catholic education has led to an entire generation of Catholic children being unable to attend parochial schools.

The Unhooked Generation?

Referencing a contemporary anti-smoking slogan, the cartoon shows that Catholic school students are left on the hook for the cost of their education.

Washington Mirage?

The promise of tax credits from politicians never seem to materialize while Catholic parents are struggling under the weight of taxes and tuition.

Babes in the Woods

Opposition to state aid for parochial students takes the form of a threatening forest with the children left alone and afraid.

Naughty Boy

Segregationists is compared to a misbehaving child that needs to be controlled and corrected by American society.

Step in the Right Direction

The Civil Rights Act of 1968 prohibited the discrimination of housing based on race. The cartoon highlights that more work is needed until African Americans could enjoy full equality.

I Raised Him from a Puppy

Commentary on the need for white Americans to reflect on and address the role they have played in fostering racism.

Glad They Kept the Feast

Native Americans and Pilgrims sharing the first Thanksgiving comment how modern Americans have missed the point of the tradition and ignored caring for the planet

Yes, But They Did Get Rid of Their Mosquitos

In the cartoon, the use of DDT insecticide did kill the mosquitoes and other pests but in the process it destroyed all other life on the planet. DDT would be banned in the United States in 1973.

From October 11, 1962 to December 8, 1965 the Second Vatican Council was held in Rome. The goal of the council was one of renewal and updating of faith and traditions. Many looked forward to the results of the council with hope for a better tomorrow.…

The Middle Way

After Vatican II, there was debate over how to implement its teachings. Here Wolf shows that the middle way is the best way.

It'll Make Port

The Church represented as a ship being cast about by the heavy storms of change. However, Wolf is confident based on the title that the Church will weather the storm.

First Robin?

Knudsen compares the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) to a robin announcing the thaw of winter. Beginning with negotiations in 1969, SALT resulted in an agreement to limit the number of ballistic missiles held by the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.

Just Think, Dear!

McGovern satirizes the United States' priorities that spends billions on weapons of war while its citizens live in poverty.

Parasite

The arms race is compared to a parasitic plant grown by hate that will drain the life from the planet.

Better Lock the Door

Objection to the inclusion of China in the United Nations because of their history of human rights abuses.

Peaceful Coexistence

Concerned with the expansion of communism, the United States continued to pursue a policy of containment. Many believed that the Soviet Union existence threatened the safety and freedoms of mankind.

From Out of the Depths

Despite the suppression of religion in the Warsaw Pact countries, Catholicism in Poland not only survived but thrived as many Poles saw their religion as a way to oppose communism.

Flower that Blooms in the Spring

The Prague Spring, a series of political and economic reforms that attempted to create "communism with a human face." Many feared that like a weed the Soviets would kill off any reforms before they had time to blossom.

Return to Normalcy

On the evening of August 20, 1968, the Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia, to put an end to the Prague Spring. With the Soviets in charge of the country, they overturned the earlier reforms with a period of "normalization." McGovern equates this…

Who's Next,

McGovern questions which communist country the Soviet Union would invade next in order to impose its version of communism.

Saigon or Bust

With the establishment of communism in Eastern Europe and Korea, Knudsen highlights that its forces will accept nothing but total victory in Vietnam.

Which Way?

Wolf questions whether mankind will chose the path that leads to peace or the one that leads to nuclear war.

Letter to Members of the Catholic Institutional Cooperative Association, from Father McMenamin, 10/16/1950

Letter to Members of the Catholic Institutional Cooperative Association, from Father McMenamin. Discuses importance of the lay people involvement.

Correspondence between Cardinal Dougherty and Joseph J. Trainer, 04/09/1943

Correspondence between Cardinal Dougherty and Joseph J. Trainer. Summary for Agricultural Program

Hall of the Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute

History and membership information for the Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute.

Side 1 Brother Augustine & Kenneth Goodman: Interview; Side 2 Brother Augustine: The Meaning of a Retreat

Phonographic record: Side 1 Brother Augustine & Kenneth Goodman: Interview; Side 2 Brother Augustine: The Meaning of a Retreat

Side 1 Anna McGarry: Homecoming at St. Elizabeth Parish; Side 2 Untitled [music and fragments of talks]

Side 1 Anna McGarry: Homecoming at St. Elizabeth Parish; Side 2 Untitled [music and fragments of talks]

Side 1 Brother James: Talk on the Bible; Side 2 Msgr. Edward Cunnie: Why Parochial Schools

Side 1 Brother James: Talk on the Bible; Side 2 Msgr. Edward Cunnie: Why Parochial Schools

Side 1 Msgr. Edward Cunnie: The Month of Our Lady Conclusion; Side 2 Untitled [organ music]

Side 1 Msgr. Edward Cunnie: The Month of Our Lady Conclusion; Side 2 Untitled [organ music]

Side 1 Msgr. Edward Cunnie: The Month of Our Lady; Side 2 Untitled [news clips]

Side 1 Msgr. Edward Cunnie: The Month of Our Lady; Side 2 Untitled [news clips]

Side 1 Holy Ghost Greek Catholic Choir: Greek Catholic Choir; Side 2 Brother Augustine & College Students: Report on Collegiate Interracial

Side 1 Holy Ghost Greek Catholic Choir: Greek Catholic Choir; Side 2 Brother Augustine & College Students: Report on Collegiate Interracial

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