Lanterna Rally

Author: Michael Williams

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-13

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 9781331291121

Excerpt from American Catholics in the War: National Catholic War Council, 1917-1921 This Book might in very truth be called the "promise fulfilled" - the promise made by the Hierarchy assembled in Washington! April 1917. That promise meant the consecration in patriotic service not only of our priests and of our religious but also of our laymen and laywomen; it meant not only one organization but every organization; not only one source of support within the command of the body Catholic - chaplains in the service: men in the army and navy: trained Catholic men and women who would devote themselves to all the men of the service: the support of government appeals by our Catholic parishes, the erection of huts and visitors houses within the camps here: of service clubs in the cities: of welfare work both at home and abroad. That promise was big in its vision; it looked beyond the war into the trying days that would follow. Almost immediately after war was declared the National Catholic War Council was established. Composed of the fourteen Archbishops, the Council operated through an Administrative Committee of four Bishops; this committee, in turn, functioned through two sub-committees, the Committee on Special War Activities and the Knights of Columbus Committee on War Activities. The splendid work of the Knights of Columbus brought glory to them, and to the Church, and great benefits to the country, and has been dealt with by the historians of our devoted Order. This book is particularly concerned with the work accomplished by the Committee on Special War Activities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.