Day of Great Joy: Sisters of St. Joseph in Philadelphia

...nistry expanded from 42 parish schools and two high schools in 1910 to over 100 parishes and high schools in 1970.[16] The Sisters of St. Joseph have had and continue to have an important role in the history of the Archdiocese. Their dedication to education over the past 175 years

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Victory Mass

  SB-36; CHRC With the outbreak of World War II, the Catholic Church in America declared their support to the American war effort. Nowhere was this more evident than in Philadelphia, when Cardinal Dougherty held a Mass to “obtain from the mercy of God our country’s victory.”[1] The Mass was

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Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute

...rs Old,” Catholic Standard and Times, 12/6/1940, 9. [4] Highlights from the 100 Year History of the Philopatrians, (Philadelphia: Jefferies & Manz, 1950). P018.376, 18. [5] CS&T, Dec 15, 1950, 14 [6] Highlights, P018.376, 21. [7] New Year’s Greetings: To His Eminence, Dennis Cardinal Dougherty and report on the activities

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Centenarian Priest Speaks of Bells and Prayer – Oral History Interview

...rles Monaghan, the oldest priest in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, turned 100 on March 31, 2015. In a 2007 taped interview, Msgr. Monaghan spoke of his earliest desire to be a priest, which came in the form of bells at Ascension of Our Lord Church. Click the link below to

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