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Catholic Extension
founder Father
Francis Clement
Kelley protected faith
communities during
All Catholic Extension the pandemic and also
chapel cars were advocated for religious
temporarily grounded during freedom as World War I
the 1918 Spanish Flu. was drawing to a close.

What we learned about the

Response during earlier ues were shuttered much like He understood that he was

pandemic is foundation today. We also learned that living in a transformative
time of history that would
an Extension magazine staff
for our action today member, John F. Bankow, a shape the future. Speaking to
A our archives to learn outbreak in October 1918. the pandemic and just weeks
23-year-old illustrator, died
his national audience through
s one of a few organiza-
Extension magazine during
at the peak of the influenza
tions that endured the
1918 Spanish Flu and
after the end of the war, he
Interestingly, we learned that
the COVID-19 pan-
pondered how their actions
many publications were pro-
demic, we looked into
hibited from talking about
could define who they would
become as a society from that
the pandemic given that it
more about how
we responded
In his January 1919 edito-
of World War I.
back then. We learned that coincided with the ending point forward.
rial, Father Kelley spoke of
At that vital moment of
our famous “chapel rail cars” history, our founder, Father the dream for lasting peace
were temporarily halted. The- Francis Clement Kelley, that was on everyone’s mind
aters, schools and churches was not looking back, after whole nations had been
along with other public ven- he was looking forward. forever scarred by so much
For a historic tour, see Holy Thursday Virtual Pilgrimage video, at catholicextension.org/Easter