Hometown Saint: Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in Philadelphia
...uction. The SBS presence in West Philadelphia dates to 1913 with catechetical classes in local homes and as classes grew to in St. Ignatius parish. In 1924, Cardinal Dougherty ordered a new parish, called Holy Savior, be made for the Black Catholics in the area. Katharine Drexel offered support by
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...from the collection been digitized? Q: What is a finding aid? Q: What genealogical services does CHRC offer? Q: Do you have school records? Q: Do you have orphanage records? Q: Is The Catholic Standard and Times, or any other newspaper in the collection, indexed? Q: Does the Archives accept
Black Catholic periodicals
...holic Church is the only hope of the Negro.” PAHRC’s collection of periodicals also includes several journals relating to black Catholic missions. Published by religious orders that devoted their missionary work to blacks, such as the Josephite Fathers, these journals not only offer insight into these orders and their activities,