Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
...onally donated $400 to its construction ($10,000 in today’s money).[1] The site of the national shrine was to be on the campus of The Catholic University of America in Washington D.C., which Msgr. Shahan was the rector of at the time. Shahan’s desire for the building of the shrine stemmed
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Parish Mapping Project
...ok like over various times in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia's past. The main goal of our mapping project is to aid genealogists and other researchers in determining which parish someone most likely belonged. For our project we decided to multiple maps reflecting various points in the history of the archdiocese.