Parish and School Closing
...2, Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua announced plans to examine the closing of a number of parishes in North Philadelphia and the city of Chester. Both areas saw a major decrease in parishioners, with both areas losing around 60% of registered members from 1970 to 1990. Due to this and lingering financial
Saint John Neumann and the Forty Hours Devotion
...Anti-Catholic rhetoric. [1] Despite the opposition, Bishop Neumann went ahead with plans of the implementation of the devotion. In The Church of St. Philip Neri: A History, a story is recounted: Wax candle from the first Forty Hours Devotion in Philadelphia, May 26, 1853, at Saint Philip Neri Church
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