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Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) abstinence pledge card in which one promises a lifestyle of teetotalism.. Abstinence pledges are commitments made by people, often though not always teenagers and young adults, to practice abstinence, usually in the case of practicing teetotalism with respect to abstaining from alcohol and other drugs, or chastity, with respect to abstaining from ...
The Catholic Total Abstinence Centennial Fountain in Fairmount Park was dedicated on 4 July 1876, following a parade of more than 5,000 and a Mass at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul. [ 1 ] Catholic involvement in the temperance movement has been very strong since at least the nineteenth century, with a number of specifically Catholic ...
The Pioneer Total Abstinence Association of the Sacred Heart (PTAA) is an international organisation for Catholic teetotalers that is based in Ireland. Its members are commonly called Pioneers . While the PTAA does not advocate prohibition , it does require of its members complete abstinence from alcoholic drink.
The Catholic Total Abstinence Centennial Fountain in Fairmount Park was dedicated on July 4, 1876, following a parade of more than 5,000 and a Mass at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul. [1] The Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America was a Catholic temperance organization active in the 19th and 20th centuries. [2]
The Jonas Brothers made an abstinence pledge through True Love Waits as teens. [30] The band and pledge are satirized in the 2009 South Park episode "The Ring". [31] In 2013, Morgan Lee, a journalist of The Christian Post, conducted an interview with Joe Jonas and wrote: [30]
Both the Knights of Father Mathew affiliated with the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America in 1895, [1] as did the Ladies' Auxiliaries of the Knights of Father Mathew. Some members were buried with KFM or K. of F. M. – Knights of Father Mathew – or LAKFM – Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of Father Mathew on their tombstones .
The national structure was the "High Tent" and the order was headquartered in Washington, DC. Membership was open to males aged 16 to 55, females aged twelve and up, and juveniles aged 5-16; the primary tents were composed of males 16–55 years old who believed in a Supreme Being and signed a total abstinence pledge. Individuals over fifty ...
A Roman Catholic-only organisation, the League's members took a pledge of total abstinence. [32] From 1880 to 1882 the cause of abstinence was revived by the Gospel Temperance or Blue Ribbon movement, based in America. They sent a member named Richard Booth to promote their cause in England through mass meetings held up and down the country.