World War One Army Chaplains
...escribed the Americans troops as “tired and weary and sad for their dead” but able to repel the German advance “by cold steel and American valor.”[7] According to a lieutenant in his company, even when the battle was raging father Wolfe was always “right up in the front line all
Catholics in WWII
...rkin often wrote that many non-Catholics would attend Mass and he had high numbers of confessions. He did complain about the difficulty in attending to all the men under his care as he had no transportation to get to those stationed away from the main base. This meant that some
Thomas Nast Anti-Irish Cartoons
...children representing Irish Catholic Democrats have cut down the tree of truth and have put up a sign for a new school with the slogan, “our rule, mob rule.” The cartoon further shows them supporting Boss Tweed, the Democrat whose political machine ran New York. Thus by depicting them as
Parish and School Closing
...and Renewals Following the large closings of 1993, other parish and institution closures would follow. These closings were not without protest, as parishioners felt a loss of their Catholic identity. While the closures were painful and highlighted the end of the Golden Age of Catholicism in the city, they were