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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 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 ...
Father Mathew spent two and a half years in the U.S., traveled 37,000 miles, visited 25 states, administered the temperance pledge in over 300 cities and towns to an estimated more than 500,000 people. The Knights of Father Mathew organization in the U.S. was established in St. Louis, Missouri, on 26 April, 1872.
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 ...
'Sons of Temperance' Procession, Hill End, New South Wales, a gold mining town in Australia, 1872. The Sons of Temperance was and is a brotherhood of men who promoted the temperance movement and mutual support.
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Eliza Clontz has run abstinence-based treatment programs for opiate addiction in Kentucky and worked as a counselor in the state’s private and public sectors. She said the prevalence of the abstinence model for drug treatment parallels the faith-based approach to sex education.
Elizabeth Anne (or Ann) Lewis was born at Market Drayton, Shropshire, March 10, 1843/48. [a]Both of her parents were strong adherents of total abstinence, her father, George Lewis, holding outdoor temperance meetings in his home town on Sunday afternoons, which he addressed from the Shambles Steps.