Influenza Pandemic and the Sisters
...ncent de Paul to aid the victims of the flu.[5] The sisters of numerous religious orders across the city would play an indispensable role in fighting the flu. Throughout the course of the flu, over 2,000 nuns, about two-thirds of all sisters in the archdiocese, helped care for the sick,
St. Peter Claver
...to Mother Katharine Drexel to inform her that he had secured a priest to minister to the Black Catholics in Philadelphia.[1] There had been a growing need for a dedicated ministry for some time. Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, Black Catholics did not have a church of their own
Philadelphia’s Third Archbishop
...s 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 Several Catholic institutions devoted to education and social services, some of which Archbishop Ryan had initiated, were completed and erected
The Centennial Fountain
...stinence Union of the Diocese of Philadelphia wanted to partake in the festivities. To do so, the organization proposed building a fountain in Fairmount Park to celebrate temperance, Catholicism, and Irish-heritage. In order to accomplish this plan, in 1873 the group brought a proposal forward at the third annual convention