Churches, schools, hospitals, and cemeteries not organized for profit are exempt from taxation. Public aid to any sectarian purpose is prohibited by the Constitution. Clergymen are not in terms exempt from jury duty, but are always excused as a matter of custom. They are specifically exempt ...
“I have just written a letter to my mailing list of two million American families, urging them to organize their Sunday school classes and churches to get out the vote[...],” GrahamwroteNixon in a letter. “We are getting other religious groups throughout the Nation to do the same; ...
Georgetown UniversityHealy Hall, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Healy Hall is named after Patrick Healy, a Jesuit priest who was president of Georgetown (1874–82) and the son of an enslaved woman and an Irish immigrant planter. His Black ancestry was not widely known until the 20th...
Globally, Catholic universities operate in an increasingly competitive market. They tend to have a strong academic reputation in many countries and their graduates tend to do well professionally. One explanation for this success could be that many univer
Martiniquein theCaribbean,French GuianainSouth America, and colonialMarylandandLouisianain theUnited States. Jesuit missions contributed to the spread of deadly European diseases among Indigenous populations and relied on the labor of enslaved Indigenous and African people. Many Jesuit missions, churches, ...
Santa Clara University, private coeducational institution of higher learning in Santa Clara, California, U.S., affiliated with the Jesuit order of the Roman Catholic church. It offers a variety of undergraduate programs as well as graduate and profession