This riveting account of the heroic contributions of 35 chaplains and missionaries during World War II is nearly impossible to put down. The author, John F. Wukovits, is a renowned military historian who melds rigorous research with expert storytelling. The result is an inspiring and richly detailed narrative that reveals the challenges that these religious — priests along with some brothers and sisters of Notre Dame's Congregation of Holy Cross — faced.
1/2/19
Catholic News Service
The Diocese of Arlington features in the book as one of the top 15 U.S. dioceses with the most Asian and Pacific Island (API) Catholics, with 53,477 in a list topped by Los Angeles and Brooklyn. The diverse countries represented by Catholics in the diocese include Vietnam, Korea, China, Japan, India and the Pacific Islands.
3/14/19