The Day the Bronx Bomber Played in Kensington

...player of his time. During the 1920s, Ascension of Our Lord Parish in the city’s Kensington section sponsored one of the many independent semi-professional baseball teams in Philadelphia. In 1923 the Ascension Catholic Club was in serious financial trouble. The club had built a new field at I and Tioga

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Conclusion

...Robert Halvey’s photographs serve as a window into the past and allow us to see how Catholics celebrated their faith in the city of Philadelphia. These snapshots reveal the changing landscape of Catholicism in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia over the course of a half century. Robert Halvey being inducted into

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Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic Church

...it was at this that time the existence of Holy Redeemer was threatened by city plans for the creation of the Vine Street Expressway. The parish's 25th anniversary book shows the community was preparing for the destruction of the church when it stated that “the buildings do not constitute the

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