Jubilees and Holy Years
...ist.” Over 40,000 lined the Parkway from the Cathedral to the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In the Bull of Indiction, Spes Non Confundit (Hope does not disappoint), Pope Francis ended with the following message: In our journey towards the Jubilee, let us return to Scripture and realize
Our Lady of Czestochowa Dedication
...n. The story of Our Lady of Czestochowa’s connection to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia dates back to 1951, when Father Michael Zembrzusk of the Order of St. Paul the First Hermit (Pauline Fathers), arrived from Poland. In 1953, he received permission to establish a monetary and shrine in Doylestown. Two