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Transportation Miracle, A 28th International Eucharistic Congress Shore Line rep
A Transportation Miracle XXVIII International Eucharistic Congress Chicago, June 20-24, 1926 reprint
Shore Line Interurban Historical Society Dispatch Seven
Soft Cover
99 pages
Copyright 2016
CONTENTS
Acknowledgment of Contributors and Sources4-5
Foreword Letters
George J. Rassas Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago 6
Monsignor Michael Roland Administrator, President and CEO, Catholic Charities of Chicago 7
Gary T. Johnson President, Chicago History Museum 8
Eucharistic Congress Background, preparations and travels 9
June 20 through June 24, 1926 The daily chronicle and color illustrations 34
A Transportation Miracle The great role that the railroads fulfilled 62
George William Mundelein The man that made it happen 88
There has never been anything like the 28th International Eucharistic Congress held in June 1926. Steam railroads from across the U. S. and Canada carried 600,000 people to Chicago, and overall 1,000,000 people participated. Streetcars provided 15 million passenger trips. Interurbans, rapid transit and suburban trains carried people throughout Chicago. Five railroads combined to provide over 300,000 passenger trips for the closing ceremonies, in a triumph of logistics and coordination! During Chicago's first 100 years this Eucharistic Congress and the World's Fairs of 1893 and 1933-34 established Chicago as an international city. A Transportation Miracle tells this incredible story. Topics include background information, day-by-day details, the role that the rail lines played and information on Cardinal Mundelein, who orchestrated the Eucharistic Congress.
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