Here’s a fascinating nugget from McNamara’s Blog. He notes that today marks the anniversary of the death of Bob Hope, a late-in-life convert who funded a chapel at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington:

The name of the chapel? Our Lady of Hope! In 1994 the Washington Post announced:

A new chapel donated by Bob Hope and his wife, Dolores, will be consecrated tomorrow at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The chapel was given in memory of Hope’s mother, Avis Townes Hope, and honors Our Lady of Hope of Pontmain, France.

There’s more, of course, at the link.