Drexel Beatification

...ocess was to examine all of Katharine Drexel’s writings and interview as many people who knew her as possible. On January 26, 1987, she was declared venerable, meaning heroic virtue in life had been proven. Halvey_667A_004 Halvey_667A_035 Halvey_667A_010 Halvey_667A_012   Miracles The next step for Beatification was the approval of

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Cardinal Dougherty and His Golden Jubilee

...ice Regulations for Pontifical Field Mass Philadelphia Transportation Company, Bob 13 f 1, 1990.284, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8249. [12] Philadelphia Archdiocesan Holy Name Union Executive Meeting, 05/01/1940, Parade and Field Mass Folder, 1990.284, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8245; Plan for Parade Celebration of Sacerdotal Golden Jubilee of Cardinal Dougherty, Parade Folder, 1990.284 [13] Philadelphia Inquirer, 06/01/19...

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Black Catholics in Philadelphia and The Journal

...lack families were able to rent pews in the gallery of Old St. Joseph. The number of black Catholics in Philadelphia grew considerably during the Haitian revolution (1791-1804) when many refugees immigrated to the city. Evidence of black Catholics can be found within the sacramental registers of the older parishes,

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The Other Drexel: Louise Drexel Morrell

...thing to the poor from her Walnut Street home. Francis A. Drexel When Anthony Drexel died in 1885 he left an estate worth over 15 million dollars, a staggering total at that time. One tenth of this was to be distributed to various Catholic institutions. The remainder was divided between

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