Influenza Pandemic and the Sisters
...turn the building into an emergency hospital and served as nurses for the close to 50 patients who would be treated in the building.[7] The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis also were deeply involved in the fight against the flu as the sisters ran three hospitals, St.
St. Peter Claver
...tinue to play an important part in the lives of Black Catholics until its closure in 1985.[13] Despite the church’s closure, the spirit of the parish lived on through the St. Peter Claver Center for Evangelization which was based out of the rectory. [1] Letter to Katharine Drexel, 3/26/1889, MC
Philadelphia’s Third Archbishop
...parish schools were erected, especially ethnic parishes for the increasing number of southern Italian and Eastern European immigrants. Three Italian parishes in the city alone, including St. Nicholas of Tolentine, Our Lady of Pompeii, and Our Lady of Consolation, were established during Prendergast’s brief tenure. St. Nicholas of Tolentine
Cardinal Dougherty and His Golden Jubilee
...f over 100 new parishes, Catholicism flourished in the Archdiocese and the number of Catholics continued to increase. Halvey_483 Dougherty’s Golden Jubilee of his ordination to the priesthood was seen as a way to honor his work in expanding the Church as well as celebrating Catholic life in the city.