Philadelphia’s First Catholic Cathedral
...to raise funds for the enlargement, which brought in $17,000. However, the cost of the work came to $30,000 and by 1812 the church was still over $5000 in debt. This shortfall in funds would lead to most of the problems facing Old St. Mary’s and set it on a
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The Day the Bronx Bomber Played in Kensington
...ories took place in a Catholic parish in Philadelphia and involved the greatest baseball 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