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Contains 19 Results:

Society Addresses and Sermons, 1903-12-13 - 1917-05

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Series of outlines of addresses and sermons: Explanation of Holy Childhood, undated; Sunday of Advent and Establishment of the Apostleship of Prayer, December 13, 1903; Feast of St. John, December 27, 1903; Purpose of the Holy Name and Temperance Society, June 4, 1905; Causes of Intemperance no. 3 - The Saloon, January 11, 1906; Self-denial: Necessary to the Practice of Temperance, August 10, 1906; The Occasions of Sin, August 17, 1906; Occasions of Sin, September 14, 1906; Causes of...
Dates: 1903-12-13 - 1917-05

Society Addresses and Sermons I, 1914-02-14 - 1923-01-12

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Includes title page, two outlines of an address to the Philomatheia Society at Boston College: The Educational Crisis, January 12, 1923, and clippings of catholic newspaper articles on bills against parochial and private schools in Michigan (1920), Oregon (1923), and Texas (1923), believed to be supported by the Klu Klux Klan.

Dates: 1914-02-14 - 1923-01-12

Society Addresses and Sermons II, 1906-06-22 - 1921-06-26

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Include cover page listing titles of sermons and addresses, and outlines of: The Kingdom of Love, June 22, 1906; The Kingdom of Love, Second Edition, June 26, 1921; The Catholic Woman in Education, May 16, 1914; The Holy War, or With Christ in the Trenches, April 11, 1915; and The Convent-Making League, January 21, 1918.

Dates: 1906-06-22 - 1921-06-26

First Friday Addresses, 1905-01-08 - 1915-05-07

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents Cover page with titles of addresses, and outlines of those addresses: The Catholic Instinct, October 1, 1909; Acceptance of Suffering, November 1909; The Apostolate of the Laity, April 1, 1910; The Cessation of Mixed Marriage, November 4, 1910; Good Reading, undated; The Devotion of Love, April 3, 1914; The Devotion to the Sacred Heart: The Best Guarantee of Perseverance, February 3, 1911; Religious Instruction, December 4, 1914; The Apostolate of the Press, January 8, 1905; and Immaculate...
Dates: 1905-01-08 - 1915-05-07

Conferences on Catholic Doctrine, 1907-10-13 - 1914-11-08

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents Cover page with titles of sermons and addresses, and outlines of: Necessity of Religion, October 13, 1907; The Catholic Church and the Modern Religious World, October 11, 1908; The Catholic Church: the Safety of a Perishing World, undated; On the Obligation of Belonging to the True Church, September 20, 1908; Christian Unity, March 21, 1897 (also delivered twice in 1909); Religious Indifference, September 19, 1909; Christian Marriage, September 17, 1911; and Civic Duties, 1908 (also...
Dates: 1907-10-13 - 1914-11-08

Addresses and Sermons on Catholic Education, 1908-06-19 - 1919-06-15

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents Includes title page with list of addresses and sermons; July 2, 1910 article 'Why Catholics Should Prefer Catholic Colleges' in The Tablet with text of Richards' June 20 address at Brooklyn College; outlines of: The Joyful Day, June 15, 1919; The Building of the Temple, June 22, 1915; The Christian Warfare, June 19, 1908; Opening Address to Students of Regis High School, N.Y., October 1, 1917; Mass of Holy Ghost for Opening of Parish School, St. Ignatius, N.Y., September 13, 1918; Duties of...
Dates: 1908-06-19 - 1919-06-15

Sodality Instructions V, Children of Mary 1, 1914-09-30 - 1918-05-14

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Title page with list of sermons and addresses, and outlines of: The Catholic College Woman, February 10, 1915; The Women's War, September 30, 1914; The Apostolate of the Laywoman, March 22, 1915; The Immaculate Conception and the Interior Life, December 8, 1915; The Interior Life, March 7, 1916; Work for the Souls in Purgatory, November 9, 1915; The Spirit of Lent, February 26, 1917; Joy in God's Service, March 22, 1917; Reparation, April 6th, 1917; and The White Cross, May 19, 1918.

Dates: 1914-09-30 - 1918-05-14

Catechetical Instructions: To Brothers at Georgetown College, 1881-09-25 - 1883-01-28

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Includes a title page; a list of names ordered by height titled Annunciation 1882, may be a list of Altar Boys; and notes for lessons on topics including the Holy Ghost, the Church, the Marks of the Church, the Communion of Saints, Purgatory, Sin, Resurrection of the Body, Life Everlasting, Faith, and the Religious Vows.

Dates: 1881-09-25 - 1883-01-28

Instructions for Missions and Forty Hours, 1887-06-05 - 1890-02-23

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Includes title page; outlines of: Instruction on the Obligation of Hearing Mass, June 5, 1887; Instruction on Confession, June 5, 1887; and Instruction on Communion, June 6, 1887; two outlines for a Sermon on Forty Hours, undated; a program of exercises for a spiritual retreat at St. Ann's Church by Rev. Father T. J. Gannon, S.J., from February 23 - March 2, 1890; a pamphlet of Chancery Regulations for the Archdiocese of Boston, undated; and three undated notes scheduling services.

Dates: 1887-06-05 - 1890-02-23

Catechetical Instructions: Miscellaneous, I , 1883

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Title page for Part I and II. Contains two composition books containing notes for instructions on the Sacraments and the Commandments.

Dates: 1883

Catechetical Instructions: Miscellaneous, II, 1883-04-01 - 1920-10-15

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents Includes notes on lectures on commandments, 1883; two sets of outlines of lectures for the Catechism to Senior Students at Georgetown College, 1895-1896; lecture outlines for the Catechism to students of the Visitation Academy at Frederick, MD, 1898-1899; lecture outlines for the Catechism to the Coadjutor Brothers at Boston College, 1899-1900; one lecture outline for an Instruction given in Buffalo, NY, Feb 2, 1915; miscellaneous notes on catechetical instructions; and a list of female...
Dates: 1883-04-01 - 1920-10-15

Articles and Addresses on the Ireland, Keane, Satolli Episode: Americanism, 1896-04-15 - 1896-10-17

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

Title page, and clippings, including the text of an address made by Richards at the Carroll Institute Hall on October 8, 1896, on the occasion of the departure of Bishop Keane from Catholic University.

Dates: 1896-04-15 - 1896-10-17

Materials on Socialism, Social Reform, and Anarchy, 1909-09-05 - 1916-08-04

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

Includes title page; clippings of a September 25, 1909 article on the Compania Transatlantica of Barcelona; a copy of a serom preached by Father Casey on December 6, 1908, titled "Christ and Socialism"; and a statement by Rev. J. L. Belford on the Catholic Charitable Institutions for Children in New York City in the Providence Visitor, August 4, 1916.

Dates: 1909-09-05 - 1916-08-04

Materials on Sex Hygiene and Feminism, 1913-09

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Includes title page; copy of address titled "The Catholic Church and the Sex Problem," given by R. H. Tierney, S.J., at the Symposium of the American Federation of Sex Hygiene, Buffalo, Septmber 1913; undated notes on female saints and abbesses; and an undated pamphlet titled "Hell", from the Apostleship of Prayer Tract, St. Joseph's Centre, Philadelphia, including a list of bible passages on hell.

Dates: 1913-09

Uncategorized Sermons and Addresses, 1899-06-18 - 1918-12-19

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Contains outlines of addresses, sermons, and instructions that are not in a series - includes: Closing Address to Students of Visitation Convent, Frederick, June 18, 1899; Enthusiasm in Temperance Work, January 1907; Worldliness, October 7, 1910; Address to Altar Boys, December 11, 1915; The Communion of Saints, November 2, 1918; Fortitude, November 21, 1918; The Joy of Christmas, December 19, 1918; and an undated, untitled end of year address.

Dates: 1899-06-18 - 1918-12-19

Notes and Materials, Miscellaneous, for Sermons, I, 1905 and undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

Includes title page for parts I and II; notes for a sermon on faith, undated; an outline for a sermon on the Necessity of Religion; notes on 'Milton's Panegyric of Chastity', from Comus; a note on Catholic demographics in France and Japan; clippings on St. Patrick's Day celebrations; and notes on the 'Facts of St. Patrick's Life'.

Dates: 1905 and undated

Notes and Materials, Miscellaneous, for Sermons, II, 1882-05-06 - 1884-07-30

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents Includes a booklet,'Notes and Extracts for Sermons', containing notes, lists of bible passages, and outlines for sermons, including topics such as Assumption, Fear of God, Christian Marriage, the Resurrection, Transfiguration, the Blessed Sacrament, and Sin; an outline for a sermon on Passion; clippings of an address by James Freeman Clarke, title "What Do We Know About Christ? Or, Agnosticism in Regard to Jesus", printed in the Boston Gazette, May 6, 1882; and a copy of William Jennings...
Dates: 1882-05-06 - 1884-07-30

Correspondence to/from Richards, 1918-06-02 - 1921-11-30

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents Includes letters and a telegram to Georgetown President John B. Creeden, S.J., re honorary degrees, June 1918; correspondence with Judge Thomas C. T. Crain re the Catholic and Protestant faiths, January 1920-February 1921; a letter to Mrs. Frederick P. Gardner re her estrangement from her husband, September 29, 1920; a letter to Georgetown University Archivist Rev. Francis Barnum, S.J., re Miss Anna Smith, December 16, 1920; a letter from Winifred B. Madison re Miss Anna Smith, December 21,...
Dates: 1918-06-02 - 1921-11-30

Correspondence about Richards, 1923-09-30 - 1957-08-19

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents Includes a letter from Minister at Weston, MA, James B. Mahoney, S.J., to Father Fallon, including an account of Father Richards' last moments, September 20, 1923; Two letters from Joseph H. Rockwell, S.J., to Georgetown President John B. Creeden, S.J., requesting information about Father Richards' Presidency for an obituary in the Woodstock Letters, December 1923-January 1924; a letter from Mary Richards, sister of Father Richards, to Georgetown President John B. Creeden, S.J., re a photo...
Dates: 1923-09-30 - 1957-08-19