Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
...l Organization of Catholic Women and other such groups to raise funds.[10] Card. Gibbons laying cornerstone for Immaculate Conception/National Shrine 9-23-1920; CHRC Finally on September 23, 1920, seven years after papal approval, the cornerstone was laid down and blessed before a crowd of 10,000.[11] The ceremony was presided by Cardinal
Philadelphia’s First Catholic Cathedral
...cemetery for Old St. Joseph’s, Old St. Mary’s was referred to as “Mission Number 1” as St. Joseph’s was seen as the principal place of worship. The church was originally 50 feet by 80 feet and the entrance was through 5th street. Both George Washington and John Adams attended Vespers
World War One Army Chaplains
...Catholic priests in the armed forces; however, by the end of the war that number grew to over 1,000.[2] Of those, 38 chaplains came from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.[3] One chaplain’s life of remarkable note was that of Father Joseph L. N. Wolfe. Born December 26, 1881, Wolfe attended Roman
Catholics in WWII
...MC 78-80.1438. https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8232 [5] Letter to Cardinal Dougherty from Michael J. Dougherty, U.S.N., 10/22/1943, MC 78-80.4934. [6] Letter to Cardinal Dougherty from Bishop John F. O’Hara, 05/19/1942, MC 78-80.7649. https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8241 [7] Letter to Cardinal Dougherty from Bishop John F. O’Hara, 7/26/1943 and 03/08/1945, MC 78-80.7649.7649. https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8242 [8] Letter...