By mining Newfoundland history and folklore, Jack Fitzgerald
answers these questions, and many more, in Hell’s
Flames To Heaven’s Gate. 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 artifacts to the
building of the magnificent Basilica Cathedral of St. John the Baptist,
Fitzgerald returns to chronicle the early history and cultural impact of the
most socially and politically powerful religious institution in Newfoundland
history.
