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
American Federation of Catholic Societies
...tion of Catholic Societies of Pennsylvania, 07/1915, AC008A [14] Letter to Cardinal Dougherty from S.J. Sampson, 01/08/1923 80.3239 [15] Letter to S.J. Sampson from Cardinal Dougherty, 01/10/1923 80.3239 Archives Archives Select Month July 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 January 2024 November 2023 October 2023 May 2023 April 2023
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...