Comments on: Into the Minefield http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/10/18/into-the-minefield/ Politics and Culture from a Catholic perspective. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:18:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Donald R. McClarey http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/10/18/into-the-minefield/#comment-4907 Donald R. McClarey Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:35:19 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=13612#comment-4907 Thank you Father for the correction. I have altered the post to reflect this information. Thank you Father for the correction. I have altered the post to reflect this information.

]]> By: Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, OP http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/10/18/into-the-minefield/#comment-4906 Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, OP Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:59:13 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=13612#comment-4906 FYI: We received an email from a city clerk in Everett, MA, where Fr. Craig was born. According to their records, Fr. Craig was born in <em>1913<em>, not 1918. Thought you'd like to know. Thanks again for doing this posting. FYI: We received an email from a city clerk in Everett, MA, where Fr. Craig was born. According to their records, Fr. Craig was born in 1913, not 1918. Thought you’d like to know. Thanks again for doing this posting.

]]> By: Donald R. McClarey http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/10/18/into-the-minefield/#comment-4905 Donald R. McClarey Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:42:24 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=13612#comment-4905 A very worthy project Mr. Kraetzer. A very worthy project Mr. Kraetzer.

]]> By: ken Kraetzer http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/10/18/into-the-minefield/#comment-4904 ken Kraetzer Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:38:09 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=13612#comment-4904 Great idea to feature the story of Providence College alumnus Fr. Leo Craig OP '35 in your edition which covered Veterans' Day. Fr. Craig is honored at Arlington National Cemetery with his named engraved on a Catholic Chaplains Monument at Chaplain's Hill. Also honored on the plaque are the names of approximately 75 Catholic Chaplains Killed in Service in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. The site also has monuments to WWI and Proetesant Chaplains. Our Sons of the American Legion organization is working with several Jewish organziations to add a fourth monument to this site which will honor ten Rabbis killed in service. We hope to gain approval and erect the monument by next Veterans Day. We were drawn to this project by the WWII story of the "Immortal Four Chaplains", revered in the American legion, who's heroism on a doomed troop ship became legendary. The four chaplains represented the Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish faiths. When their troop ship, the Dorchester, was torpedoed in the North Atlantic in February 1943, they did everything they could to help their fellow soldiers survive, even giving up their life preservers and gloves. Any individual or group interested in supporting the project is welcome to contact me. Pictures of Chaplains Hill can be found on our website. Great idea to feature the story of Providence College alumnus Fr. Leo Craig OP ’35 in your edition which covered Veterans’ Day. Fr. Craig is honored at Arlington National Cemetery with his named engraved on a Catholic Chaplains Monument at Chaplain’s Hill. Also honored on the plaque are the names of approximately 75 Catholic Chaplains Killed in Service in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. The site also has monuments to WWI and Proetesant Chaplains.

Our Sons of the American Legion organization is working with several Jewish organziations to add a fourth monument to this site which will honor ten Rabbis killed in service. We hope to gain approval and erect the monument by next Veterans Day.

We were drawn to this project by the WWII story of the “Immortal Four Chaplains”, revered in the American legion, who’s heroism on a doomed troop ship became legendary. The four chaplains represented the Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish faiths. When their troop ship, the Dorchester, was torpedoed in the North Atlantic in February 1943, they did everything they could to help their fellow soldiers survive, even giving up their life preservers and gloves.

Any individual or group interested in supporting the project is welcome to contact me. Pictures of Chaplains Hill can be found on our website.

]]> By: Donald R. McClarey http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/10/18/into-the-minefield/#comment-4903 Donald R. McClarey Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:53:39 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=13612#comment-4903 Thank you Anita! Thank you Anita!

]]> By: Anita Moore OPL http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/10/18/into-the-minefield/#comment-4902 Anita Moore OPL Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:28:59 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=13612#comment-4902 Oh, and I linked to Fr. Pietrzyk's post as well as yours. Oh, and I linked to Fr. Pietrzyk’s post as well as yours.

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