Archdiocesan Superintendent of Schools records, 1890-1932 (MC 92)
Catholic Girls’ High School The parochial school system in Philadelphia officially began in 1852 under Philadelphia’s fourth bishop, John Nepomucene Neumann. However, the first Catholic schools in Philadelphia can be traced to the mid- to late-18th century under the purview of local parishes, and early expansion occurred unsystematically until the
A Brief History of the Growing Pains of the Church in Philadelphia
Catholic Historical Research Center Digital Collections https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/7133 While the founding of Philadelphia as a diocese dates back to 1808 when it was separated from the Archdiocese of Baltimore, the history of the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania dates back another hundred years. The first Mass in Philadelphia was said in 1708
Modern Secular Anti-Catholic Cartoons
...Modern Secular Anti-Catholic Cartoons While Anti-Catholic cartoons may seem like a thing of the past, it has been a consistent theme up to and including the present. During the turn of the 20th century, cartoonists continued to focus their attacks against Catholicism on the topic of education. ← Anti-Catholic
Starting from Scratch: The Story of Msgr. Hawks and St. Joan of Arc Parish
...s said on November 23. “the crowd filled the backyard, the passages, the stairs, and even the living rooms above. So large was the assembly on the sidewalk that many passersby thought that a tragedy had taken place. In order to preserve a moral unity in the congregation, the electric