American Czestochowa
...skirts of Doylestown, Father Michael Zembrzuski, a member of the Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit, had a vision to erect a shrine to Poland’s revered Marian icon: Our Lady of Czestochowa. It is said that the image was painted by Saint Luke the Evangelist. Until 1948, Father Zembrzuski
The Other Drexel: Louise Drexel Morrell
...Morrell Park section of Northeast Philadelphia, which occupies the former site of her family estate “San Jose”, as well as Morrell Avenue in the same area, bears memory to her name. Yet, until her death on November 5, 1945, Louise Drexel Morrell was one of the leading Catholic philanthropists of
Eden Hall
...a, in the Torresdale neighborhood, lies Fleuhr Park. Filled with walking trails and athletic fields, a majority of this area once belonged to the Society of the Sacred Heart and their academy: Eden Hall. Science class at Eden Hall It would be impossible to talk about Eden Hall without briefly
A Brief History of the Growing Pains of the Church in Philadelphia
...ania dates back another hundred years. The first Mass in Philadelphia was said in 1708 in a private home; however, the first church would not be built until 1729 when St. Thomas the Apostle in Glen Mills was built.[1] The Catholic community continued to slowly expand so that by 1785