Welcome to the Catholic War Veterans
Bishop McNicolas Post 1916
Springfield, IL
“We, American Citizens, ** members of the Catholic Church, ** under the spiritual authority of our Holy Father the Pope, Bishop of Rome**and who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States ** in order that we may be bound by a greater spirit of faith and patriotism,** and that we may be of greater service to God and our Country and to one another,** and in order to perpetuate our ideals and ideas,** establish a permanent organization.”
If you are interested in joining the Catholic War Veterans, you can fill out an application here:
https://wp2.cwv.org/application-to-join-the-catholic-war-veterans-auxiliary/
Welcome to Catholic War Veterans Post 1916
Post Commander Tim Kennedy
(217) 836-6216
“OUR DEAD” The Memorial Verse of the CWV
by Reverend Edward Lodge Curran – Rev. 6-25-94
Our dead are not Unknown Soldiers.
We know who they are and wither they seek to go.
We know that they must languish in Purgatory until the last earthly stain is wiped away and until the last earthly injustice is repaired .
We also know that we can speed their passage from a Purgatory of shadow and pain to a Paradise of Happiness and light . We can hasten the dawn of eternal rest and the rays of perpetual light.
Our prayers and Masses and works of charity can become eternal ransom money in the justice of God.
We love our dead.
We can help our dead.
Let us pray for them always.
Flowers wither upon their graves.
A daily garland of prayers is better than an armful of roses.
Stand for a moment in silence and let there rise from your heart a prayer beseeching Almighty God, the Father of us all, to grant to the souls of our departed comrades, a peace and a glory that is theirs because of the sacrifice they made that other men might live.