Research Request Forms
...st be obtained from the individual parishes including those in the city of Philadelphia and the surrounding counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery. Please note that we cannot certify sacramental records. Certified copies must come from the parish where the sacrament occurred or by the parish that holds the
Liturgical Week
...was keen to see these changes implemented as soon as they were allowed in Philadelphia. To that end, he invited the Liturgical Conference, an association of American clergy and laity that promotes understanding of the liturgy, to hold its 24th Annual North American Liturgical Week in the city. His goal
American Czestochowa
...pilgrim groups started to vist the Shrine, mainly from Polish parishes in Philadelphia. A monastery was also established on the property, and the Superior of the Order sent over more religious. By 1956, the four members of the Pauline Order at the new site were Fathers Michael Zembrzuski and Stanley
Starting from Scratch: The Story of Msgr. Hawks and St. Joan of Arc Parish
Msgr. Edward Hawks was born Feb 17, 1878 in Southern Wales. He moved to Canada to study for priesthood in the Anglican church. During the Open pulpit controversy, he converted to Catholicism and was ordained by Archbishop Prendergast in 1911. He served as a chaplain in the Canadian Expeditionary Force