Hell's Flames to Heaven's Gate
A History of the Roman Catholic Church in Newfoundland
Jack Fitzgerald
From Newfoundland’s role as a sanctuary for the displaced immigrants of the Irish-Catholic diaspora to a Catholic Bishop’s plea to an English monarch, and from the stories of relics and cultural artifacts to the building of the magnificent Basilica-Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Jack Fitzgerald returns to chronicle the most socially and politically powerful institution in Newfoundland history.
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Jack Fitzgerald
Jack Fitzgerald was born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He worked as Assistant Director of Public Relations in the Smallwood Administration, as a journalist and newspaper columnist with Daily News, a reporter with VOCM and CJON and editor of the Newfoundland Herald. He is the author of thirty-four books,including Peculiar Facts and Tales and Newfoundland's Era of Corruption.