St. Peter Claver
...was able to purchase an old Presbyterian church. On January 3, 1892, Archbishop Ryan dedicated the new church, among those in attendance were Katharine Drexel and other members of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament.[7] In October 1898, the church would have the first designated shrine in the archdiocese, which
Philadelphia’s Third Archbishop
...rchdiocese of Philadelphia in 1895; and in 1897, was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia and Titular Bishop of Scilium. The transition in leadership from Ryan to Prendergast seemed to have been fairly seamless, with Prendergast following a course similar to the one his predecessor had set with the goal of
Cardinal Dougherty and His Golden Jubilee
...later, Dougherty returned to Philadelphia when he was named its 4th Archbishop, following the death of Archbishop Prendergast. He would be made the fourth American-born Cardinal three years later on February 13, 1921.[7] One of Dougherty’s main goals as Archbishop was to expand Catholic education at every level. From the
The Church and Labor
...vocal in their views of the economic problems in the United States. Archbishop Patrick Ryan was active in labor relations, working on a number of occasions as a mediator between management and labor unions to bring about peace resolutions. In a 1953 Labor Day speech, John Cardinal O’Hara rejoiced in