Herman Joseph Heuser Papers
...ed on October 1, 2000. In the letter below Drexel asks questions about the new constitution for her order. Katharine Drexel to Herman Heuser, front Katharine Drexel to Herman Joseph Heuser, inside Katharine Drexel to Herman Joseph Heuser, back Poet and essayist Louise Imogen Guiney (1861-1920) frequently wrote to Heuser
Building of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
...later on June 29, 1846, Bishop Kenrick announced plans to start building a new cathedral on the parkway.[3] This was a bold plan from Kenrick, since only two years earlier St. Augustine was destroyed during the anti-Catholic Nativist Riots. Furthermore, Kenrick did not want to take on debt for the
A Brief History of the Growing Pains of the Church in Philadelphia
...of the Most Rev. John Carroll, Bishop and First Archbishop of Baltimore, (New York: 1888). [4] Thomas Rzeznik, “Roman Catholic Parishes,” The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia, http://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/roman-catholic-parishes/; “A Brief History of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia,” Archdiocese of Philadelphia, http://archphila.org/about/. [5] The Catholic Standard and Times, (July 29, 1976); “The Catholic
The Day the Bronx Bomber Played in Kensington
...seball fan, Father Casey was the unofficial chaplain of the Athletics and knew many of the ballplayers personally. He hit upon an idea that seems ridiculous today. Perhaps Father Casey could persuade Babe Ruth to take part in a charity baseball game to raise money to pay off the field.