Building of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
...piecemeal; however, this led to a disjointed aesthetic. Under Archbishop Edmond Prendergast, a remodel was undertaken by Dagit and Sons to give a unified design to the interior.[13] With this, the Cathedral was finally a finished seat for the archbishop. In 1956, the interior would be redone again and twenty
Mark Antony Frenaye papers, 1807-1868 (MC 16)
...the Evangelist Church (1830), which Bishop Francis P. Kenrick erected as a way to, according to Frenaye, break down the system of trustee control in the city. Trusteeism involved the practice of Catholic laity assuming control of the administration of churches, even to the point of hiring and firing pastors.
Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute records, 1870-1950 (MC 26)
..., and charitable organization. Father Sourin started the organization as a way for Catholic men to continue their educational and cultural development beyond formal schooling. The Institute frequently sponsored balls, concerts, theatrical productions, and lecture series. Philopatrians quickly became a significant presence within the city as they became involved in
Parish Mapping Project
...these changes are easy to find, such as Columbia Avenue now being Cecil B. Moore Avenue. However, others are a bit more challenging to track down, such as "the north end of the Brennan property" as a boundary for St. Mark, Bristol. The completed 1971 map and soon to be