Anti-Catholicism in Jacksonian Philadelphia
...the Catholic Church Trusteeism involved the practice of Catholic laity assuming control of the administration of churches, even to the point of hiring and firing pastors. This practice began in colonial times when laymen raised money, purchased land, and built churches themselves due to the decentralized structure of the early
Friendly and Adopted Sons
...ge Meade (banker and trustee of Old. St. Mary’s).[1] The group was non-denomination and had members from Catholics to Quakers.[2] The group created a constitution, limiting members to those that were “the descendants of Irish parents by either side in the first degree, and the descendants of every member ad
Research Request Forms
...py of the record. CHRC has some school records, mainly report cards, for a number of parochial schools: Ascension of Our Lord, St. Catharine of Sienna, St. Donato, St. Frances Cabrini Regional School, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Gertrude, St. Hugh, St. Joan of Arc, St. Madeline Sophie, Mater Dolorosa,
1832 Cholera Outbreak in Philadelphia and Duffy’s Cut
...nd their strong virtues, caring for the sick in the exercise of the sacred ministry; while non-Catholic ministers generally fled from the city.” Excerpt from Kenrick's diary, September 22, 1832 Kenrick was one among many prominent religious figures of all Christian denominations in the United States and Britain who viewed