Benedict Club: A Home Away From Home

...olic men before being turned into a rented hall.[3] In summer of 1941, the United Service Organizations (USO) started a campaign to open clubs throughout the country to build and preserve morale of the military.[4] Cardinal Dougherty “heartily endorsed” the endeavor and pledged “his entire cooperation” since he saw it

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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

...ack national collection in 2017 to complete shrine mosaics," Catholic News Service, http://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2015/bishops-back-national-collection-in-2017-to-complete-shrine-mosaics.cfm. [17] “Overview of Shrine History, Significance and Current Status," 1. Archives Archives Select Month June 2025 May 2025 April 2025 March 2025 December 2024 October 2024 July 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 January 2024 November

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The Story of Duffy’s Cut

...Cut, West Laurel Hill Cemetery, March 9, 2012 On March 9, 2012, a memorial service was held at West Laurel Hill Cemetery, where the skeletal remains of five of the workers were interred. It was attended by members of the Duffy’s Cut Project, dignitaries of both the United States and

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American Czestochowa

...the President said. “We have not forgotten the traditional bonds that have united our peoples since our earliest days as a nation.” John Cardinal Krol officiating at the Shrine's Dedication Mass, 10/16/1966 President Lyndon B. Johnson with children in traditional Polish attire and congregants at the Dedication Mass, 10/16/1966  

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