[1] In April 1924, Lord addressed 400 delegates of the second annual convention of the St. Louis Archdiocese Council of Catholic Women, where he spoke of the Church as an agency for breaking down provincialism.
[4] A loose network of student-based charitable and devotional groups often headquartered at Jesuit educational institutions, it was labeled a dying organization before his involvement, but expanded quickly under Lord's leadership.
Lord drafted the Sodality theme song, For Christ the King, known to many mid-century American parochial school children.
[5] Lord stepped down from editorship in 1948, but continued to write for the magazine for the remainder of his life, producing more than 90 books, over 300 pamphlets, and countless articles, plays, and songs.
preached his down-to-earth spirituality by distributing dozens of pamphlets on family life, children, and marriage directly to the people in parish churches.
"[8] In 1929, he began work on the Production Code, a project envisioned by censor Martin Quigley, publisher of a Hollywood trade journal, and bolstered by Cardinal George Mundelein of the Archdiocese of Chicago.
He aimed "to tie the Ten Commandments in with the newest and most widespread form of entertainment", aspiring to an ecumenical standard of decency.
He was a tireless advocate of racial fairness, and frequently engaged issues of economic justice,[7] Dare We Hate Jews was his response to anti-Semitism, attacking it as incompatible with Catholic teachings.