Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
...dome.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BASILICA-BACKGROUNDER-2016.pdf; “CPI Inflation Calculator,” Bureau of Labor Statistics, https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=400.00&year1=191301&year2=201709. [2] Thomas Tweed, America's Church: The National Shrine and Catholic Presence in the Nation's Capital, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), 45. [3] Ibid., 25. [4] Ibid., 24. [5] “Architecture,” Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate...
World War One Army Chaplains
...ps://armyhistory.org/u-s-army-chaplain-corps/. [2] Williams, Michael, American Catholics in the War: National Catholic War Council, 1917-1921, (New York: MacMillan Company, 1921), 236; O’Malley, Mark, “Providing Shepherds for Soldiers: A History of Catholic Military Chaplaincy in the U.S.” Archbishop Peter L. Gerety Lecture Series at Seton Hall University (April 20, 2010), 12, https://www.shu.edu/theology/upload/2010-04-21_-_Providing_Shepherds_fo...
Catholics in WWII
...at Lisieux from being bombed during the liberation of Europe.[1] Letter to Cardinal Dougherty fromCaptain Harry Boylan, 05/28/1945, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8233 One of the main pieces of correspondence from soldiers is between Cardinal Dougherty and his grandnephew, Harry Boylan. The letters cover Boylan’s time from basic training to the end of the
Parish and School Closing
...ed for closure included Northeast Catholic High School for Boys and Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls; however, because of community support both remained open. Parish schools would also be affected by the closures, and even parishes that remained open saw their schools close, such as St. Patrick’s in