Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
...elphia in 1876 and was ordained in 1903.[7] He would pay a large part in organizing the fundraising for the construction, which began with the publication of Salve Regina in 1914.[8] By 1920 over $160,000 had been collected to fund the shrine, with contributions increasing over the decade so that
Thomas Nast Anti-Irish Cartoons
...e Orange Riot of July 12, 1871 in New York City, in which Irish Catholics clashed with the National Guard protecting an Irish Protestant parade, Nast drew a number of anti-Irish cartoons for Harper’s Weekly. One cartoon illustrated the Draft Riots of July 1863, where Irish Catholics attacked African-Americans throughout
Philadelphia’s First Catholic Cathedral
...ishop Carroll of Baltimore to intervene. The problems would increase when Egan removed two priests from the church as they were favorites among the laity. Following Egan’s death, the conflict between the trustees and the bishops over who had authority to appoint priests to a church would continue into Bishop
World War One Army Chaplains
...ol before entering the seminary. After being ordained by Archbishop Prendergast in 1906, Father Wolfe served as assistant pastor to a number of parishes including St. Patrick’s and Assumption B.V.M.[4] When the United States entered World War I, Father Wolfe applied to be an army chaplain, being first assigned to