A Brief History of the Growing Pains of the Church in Philadelphia
...of the Diocese of Philadelphia included all of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and South Jersey. The first bishop was Michael Francis Egan, who had only 11 priests and 12 churches under his jurisdiction in Pennsylvania.[5] As the first bishop, Egan faced problems in establishing authority, with the trustees who ran Old Saint
CORDUM
...in five geographical areas of the city (North, South, West, Germantown and Southwest). Forty parishes were observed in this study. The findings were published in the Spring of 1975 containing six chapters: Worship, Evangelization, Education, Structure and Personnel, Witness and Service, and Finance. Areas that were looked at include the
Marian Year of 1954
...Shrine of the Miraculous Medal in Germantown. The Shrine, which had been housed in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception of Saint Vincent’s Seminary since 1927, saw about 65,000 pilgrims from 322 groups during the course of the Marian Year. The December 10th issue of The Catholic Standard and Times
Starting from Scratch: The Story of Msgr. Hawks and St. Joan of Arc Parish
...purchased. It was important that no hopes of enhanced values should be aroused in the mind of the owners. It was therefore dangerous to visit the location.” By the beginning of November, only one property remained unpurchased and it refused to sell until the 1930s. However, the parish had acquired