Pilgrimage of Hope
...eran, and Saint Paul Outside the Walls. These doors are only opened during years of Jubilee, which are normally every 25 years. For more on the importance on Jubilee, see our previous blog: https://chrc-phila.org/jubilee/ Saint Peter's Basilica with the Egyptian obelisk that once stood in the Circus of Nero Statue
Bishop Francis Kenrick and His Journals
...ann in 1852 after Kenrick was named the Archbishop of Baltimore. The early years of Kenrick's time in Philadelphia were not without controversy, and many of the letters at the beginning of his journal detail the events surrounding the conflict between the bishop and the trustees of St. Mary's Church,
Research guide for parish histories
...hen filed in the Parish Files. Spiritual reports are available to within 5 years of the current year. Financial reports are available through 1971. Both spiritual and financial reports are open through 1940. Spritual reports after 1940 may be accessed with permission of the pastor. Financial reports after 1940 require
Daughters of Charity Nursed Wounded Civil War Soldiers at West Philadelphia hospital
...er of deaths in any one month, averaging at least one per day. In just one year, patients consumed more than 800,000 pounds of bread, 16,000 pounds of butter and 334,000 quarts of milk. During the war, more than 100 Daughters of Charity passed through the doors of Satterlee Hospital,