Duty, Honor, Faith, & Country: An Illustrated History and Guide to the Catholic Chapel of the Most Holy Trinity at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York Hardcover – September 1, 2023

2nd Place Award Winner in 2024 National Catholic Media Awards (Self-published Author) !Built in 1900, the Catholic Chapel of the Most Holy Trinity at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, is the oldest, continuously used chapel at West Point. It is also the only house of worship owned by the Catholic Church on U.S. Government property.What began as a mission of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in nearby Highland Falls, later became a standalone parish in the Archdiocese of New York in 1925. It operated as a civilian parish in the Archdiocese for nearly seventy-five years, until 1999. Thereafter, the U.S. Government assumed responsibility for the maintenance of the facility, while the Archdiocese for the Military Services and the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps assumed responsibility for the operation and staffing of the parish.The story of how Catholicism grew at West Point—beginning with the Academy’s establishment in 1802, and the events leading to the eventual construction of Most Holy Trinity at the turn of the twentieth century nearly a hundred years later—reflects the dedication of a small group of parishioners and Church leaders. Their determination in the face of congressional politics and anti-Catholic bias exemplifies their devotion to their faith, and to West Point’s motto, “Duty, Honor, Country.”With a Foreword by Edwin F. Cardinal O'Brien, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, and former Archbishop for the Military Services, Duty, Honor, Faith, & Country is the most comprehensive history ever written about Most Holy Trinity. It recounts the chapel’s establishment and growth in the context of the history of our nation’s oldest service academy, documents and illustrates its architecture and religious design, and provides a historical database for future study. The author, a West Point graduate, has thoroughly researched and extensively documented the chapel's history, and profusely illustrated the text with hundreds of previously unpublished photographs and illustrations. Read more