The Bernard Aloysius McKenna papers. 1915-1952

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The Bernard Aloysius McKenna papers. 1915-1952

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Consists of miscellaneous incoming correspondence, both personal and official, and photographs. Reference is made in letters, particularly those from fellow CUA trustee Edward J. McGolrick, to CUA and Shrine affairs and McKenna's role in them. Topics discussed include alumni affairs, donations, Shahan's death and funeral in 1932, McKenna's departure from CUA, and Joseph M. Corrigan's appointment as rector in 1936. Correspondents include Shahan, Patrick J. Healy, and Dennis Cardinal Dougherty.

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Dougherty, Dennis Joseph, 1865-1951.

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McKenna, Bernard A. (Bernard Aloysius)

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Bernard Aloysius McKenna was born on July 8, 1876 in Philadelphia, the son of Daniel McKenna and Anna McMenomy McKenna. He was ordained in 1903 under the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. In 1915 he was appointed as Secretary to Rector Thomas J. Shahan, and together, they worked to found the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. McKenna was later to serve as the Shrine⁰́₉s first Director, from 1918 to 1931. On December 18, 1929 he was made Domestic Prelate of His Holiness Pope Pius XI, with t...

National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Washington, D.C.)

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Among the ten largest churches in the world, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception has been a prominent site of Roman Catholic worship honoring Mary, the patroness of the United States, since the 1920s. After securing the support of Pope Pius X in 1913, Bishop Thomas J. Shahan, the fourth rector of the Catholic University of America, launched a fundraising campaign that culminated in the laying of the cornerstone on September 23, 1920. The crypt opened for services in ...

Catholic University of America

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The Catholic University of America (CUA) is a private university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by the U.S. Catholic bishops.[7] Established in 1887 as a graduate and research center following approval by Pope Leo XIII on Easter Sunday,[8] the university began offering undergraduate education in 1904. The university's campus lies within the Brookland n...

Healy, Patrick Joseph, 1872-1937.

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Shahan, Thomas J. (Thomas Joseph), 1857-1932

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Thomas Joseph Shahan, fourth rector of the Catholic University of America, was born on September 11, 1857, the son of Maurice and Mary Anne (Carmody), in Manchester, New Hampshire. He received his education in the Millbury, Massachusetts public schools, followed by studies at the Sulpician College, Montreal (1872-1878) and the North American College, in Rome (1878-82). He was ordained in 1882. Before he joined the Catholic University faculty in 1891 as a teacher of church law and patrology, he s...