Redpath’s Illustrated Weekly: a rare find
...social causes such as women’s suffrage, civil service reform and the labor movement. Depictions of tenement housing in New York City Illustration showing British imperialism in Egypt Redpath also realized that a newspaper devoted primarily to Ireland and social reform may have limited appeal, so he tried to broaden
Black Catholics in Philadelphia and The Journal
...lack families were able to rent pews in the gallery of Old St. Joseph. The number of black Catholics in Philadelphia grew considerably during the Haitian revolution (1791-1804) when many refugees immigrated to the city. Evidence of black Catholics can be found within the sacramental registers of the older parishes,
Canonization of Saint John Neumann
...Philadelphia and the Bishop Neumann Center continued with efforts to make more people aware of the cause of Neumann. In 1959, over 150 sermons were preached on his life at various parishes and nearly 6,000 people visited his tomb.[8] In addition, numerous prayer cards and pamphlets were distributed so that
Hometown Saint: Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in Philadelphia
...dy of the Blessed Sacrament Being from Philadelphia and having the order’s Motherhouse located right outside the city in Cornwells Heights, Katharine Drexel and the SBS paid special attention to the needs of African Americans in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Her work to build schools for African-Americans began before she