Benedict Club: A Home Away From Home
...olic men before being turned into a rented hall.[3] In summer of 1941, the United Service Organizations (USO) started a campaign to open clubs throughout the country to build and preserve morale of the military.[4] Cardinal Dougherty “heartily endorsed” the endeavor and pledged “his entire cooperation” since he saw it
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
...al Monument in honor of our Blessed Mother,” revealing his belief that the United States needed to join the rest of Christendom in honoring Mary.[2] Early plans for the shrine were more in line with a 14th century French Gothic Cathedral; however, eventually Shahan and the Building Committee, which Cardinal
The Church and Labor
...nsignor George G. Higgins presented 1995 Rerum Novarum Award by Local 1776 United Food & Commercial Workers. Halvey 454K Many Catholic across Europe and America saw the importance of Rerum Novarum, with some comparing its effect on labor to the effect of the Manga Carta on liberty.[4] Msgr. John Ryan,
Pope
...hout Nast’s cartoons was that the pope wanted to use Catholics to rule the United States. Nast saw this as a real threat to America’s spiritual and physical freedoms. “”The Promised Land,” as seen from the Dome of St. Peter’s, Rome,” October 1, 1870 The pope and other clergy stand