The Other Drexel: Louise Drexel Morrell
...Shrine of St. Michael of the True Cross on the grounds of the old Drexel estate at St. Michel, now the site of Frankford Hospital’s Torresdale Division. The Shrine served as a pilgrimage church and a retreat house. It later included a mission center for the Sisters of the Blessed
FAQ
...ials from our collection, the majority of which relate to Irish American history. Most notable is our entire collection of Redpath’s Weekly Journal, the Fenian Brotherhood papers and materials relating to the Molly Maguires, the Nativist Riots of 1844 and the Irish Catholic Benevolent Union. CHRC materials at the Digital
Recap of “To Touch a Saint: Creating a Place for Middle School Students” Grant Program!
...ed, To Touch a Saint: Creating a Place for Middle School Students, brought students, staff, and chaperones to the CHRC for a two-hour plus+ program. Through April and May of 2019, the CHRC, located in Northeast Philadelphia in the former Our Lady of Ransom School, had 572 seventh and eighth
Black Catholics in Philadelphia and The Journal
...ovidence from Baltimore. By the 1880s, black Catholics began a concerted effort to establish a church and accompanying school for the community. In 1886, the St. Peter Claver Union, which Father Ernest Hiltermann of Holy Trinity Church had formed for black Catholics, along with the help of others within the