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Side 1 Practical Christian Training: Christ Heals the Sick; Side 2 Untitled

Side 1 Ralph Jones & Ralph Allen: Philadelphia My Home; Side 2 Blank

Side 1 J. H. Richardson: The Nergo and an Education; Side 2 R. T. Rideout: If I Loved You

Side 1 The Inspirational Mrs. Mary Wiley Directress; Side 2 Archie Lythe & Group

Side 1 Anna McGarry: Son Behold Thy Mother; Side 2 La Salle College Student: Dating

Side 1 Ralph Allen and James Rogers: A Christian Interpretation of Public House; Side 2 Untitled

Ralph Allen & James Richardson: Side 1 The New City Government; Side 2 The New City Government

La Salle High School Students: Side 1 Debate Conclusion; Side 2 Blank

Beatrice M. Greene: Side 1 Golden Bells; Side 2 Even Me

Side 1 St. Ignatius Choir: Regina Coeli; Side 2 Untitled [misc chatter and intro]

Side 1 St. Ignatius Choir: Glory to Christ the King; Side 2 St. Ignatius Choir: Jesu Saluator Mundi & O Bone Jesu

Side 1 Brother Karl Kleinz: Prize Winning Speech; Side 2 Untitled [music]

Side 1 Brother Karl Kleinz: Prize Winning Speech Conclusion; Side 2 Untitled [song]

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

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 Conclusion; Side 2 Untitled [organ music]

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

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

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

History and membership information for the Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute.

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.…

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

A student is prevent from getting on a school bus by the driver because the child attends a Catholic school.

A religion textbook and a Bible highlights the idea that a child's education would be incomplete without a strong religious background.

Cartoon highlights the need to refocus the attention of the holiday and push away the distractions of parties and gifts.

The obsession of purchasing presents for Christmas has caused shoppers to trample over others in order to get to the next sale.

Cartoon shows Jesus unable to find a card that references his birthday.