Newman Centers

...Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, vol LXXIV, no 2, June 1963, 116. [11] Newman Club Manual: A Handbook for Newman Club Chaplains and Leaders, (Newman Club Federation: Washington, 1951) P015.296 [12] Catholic Campus Ministry, West Chester State College, P018.966, Krol Collection, Letter to Paul Hallinan form

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Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic Church

...meka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/6971 However, 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

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Parish and School Closing

...High School for Girls; however, because of community support both remained open. Parish schools would also be affected by the closures, and even parishes that remained open saw their schools close, such as St. Patrick’s in Norristown. Halvey_644J_073 Halvey_440K_072   Protests and Renewals Following the large closings of 1993, other

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Starting from Scratch: The Story of Msgr. Hawks and St. Joan of Arc Parish

...its name was St. Joan of Arc; and this it became from that moment.” The next challenge was acquiring the land where the parish buildings were to be constructed “Six parcels had not yet been purchased. It was important that no hopes of enhanced values should be aroused in the

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