1917.
Origination : National Catholic War Council (U.S.)National Catholic War Council (U.S.) Records (NCW), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556
Correspondence and printed circular letters of the Council and Gibbons.
The National Catholic War Council was founded in 1917 by the American bishops to aid in the war effort. Headed by James Cardinal Gibbons, the War Council was the forerunner of the National Catholic Welfare Conference.