Description: Joseph Moran Corrigan (1879-1942) was a native of Philadelphia who was ordained to the priesthood in Rome in 1903. In addition to his parish work, Corrigan was named Diocesan Director of Catholic Charities and was placed in charge of the Catholic Children’s Bureau. In 1918, he was appointed rector of and a professor at St. Charles Seminary (Wynnewood, Pa.). He left St. Charles in 1936 to become the sixth rector of the Catholic University of America. He was elevated to the episcopacy in 1940 and named Titular Bishop of Bilta. Corrigan died suddenly in 1942.
Contributor: CUA University Photographic Collection Box 3, Folder 1
Date: 1940
The materials collected here present the views of American Catholics on Nazi Germany, specifically the regime's treatment of Jews. The first item is the Catholic University anti-Nazi broadcast of November 1938, followed by a press release on the broadcast. The third item is a transcript of Father Charles Coughlin's radio broadcast of November 1938. The final item is correspondence between Irving Shermand and Father Joseph Corrigan between December 1938 and September 1939.
