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Ignatius Donnelly (1831-1901)
Ignatius Donnelly was born in Philadelphia in 1831, the son of Irish Catholic immigrants. After attending a prestigious public high school, he decided to enter the legal profession and was admitted to the bar in 1852. He established a legal practice…
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.
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…
John Dewey Photo.jpg
This item is part of the background material for the 1919 Bishops' Program of Social Reconstruction section.
Minutes of the Meeting of the Committee on Special War Activities
These are the minutes for the meeting in which the Committee on Special War Activities approved and endorsed Ryan's Plan for Social Reconstruction. Note that the plan is accorded no special status in the minutes.