Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
...of the National Shrine 1993.17; CHRC It would not be until after World War II that plans to finish the shire were developed. A general appeal by all the U.S. bishops went out in 1953, raising over $8 million, which allowed construction to resume in 1954.[16] Maginnis resumed the role
Philadelphia’s First Bishop
Philadelphia’s first Bishop, the Irish-born Franciscan Michael Egan, was appointed a full century after the American colonists began the practice of their Catholic Faith in the New World. Bishop Michael Egan, n.d. The colony of Pennsylvania, chartered in 1681 with William Penn as proprietor, offered the safety of religious tolerance,
American Federation of Catholic Societies
...he country sought to create an umbrella organization to help coordinate activity between several overlapping societies, such as the Ancient Order of the Hibernian, the Knights of Columbus, and the Total Abstinence Union. Plans for such a national organization can be traced back to 1890 with a call from the
World War One Army Chaplains
...s assigned to the 110th Infantry Regiment in the 55th Brigade of the 28th Division and crossed the Atlantic to join the fighting in France.[5] Wolfe’s letters back to the states were often published in the Catholic Standard and Times, which gives us great insight into the conditions that