‘For God, For Country, For Home’

BY BOB SINGLETON and GREATER ASTORIA | August 23, 2023

More than 9 million Catholics immigrated to the United States in the first decades of the 20th century. This was nearly 10% of the nation’s residents, and about 25 % of New York City’s popu­lation. By February 1924, under the guidance of Father Michael Lopez, a flock of 24 parishioners had grown to over 600 within weeks. A meeting was... READ MORE >