In the mid-1950s the Pauline Fathers acquired a farm outside of Doylestown for a monastery and chapel. With the approaching millennium of Poland and the support of Philadelphia archbishop John Krol, funds were raised for an immense national shrine. Instead of hiring a local designer, they chose a Los Angeles architect, who designed a remarkable
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