St. Peter Claver
...to adorn the statues of Jesus and Mary.[11] As St. Peter Claver’s grew, a new school was needed, which was dedicated in 1906.[12] Eventually, the parish became the mother church for the growing number of Black Catholic churches in the city. The church would continue to play an important part
Medical Mission Sisters
...aldwin, “At Motherhouse in Fox Chase: Medical Mission Sisters Celebrate 70 years,” http://catholicphilly.com/2009/10/news/at-motherhouse-in-fox-chase-medical-mission-sisters-celebrate-70-years/. [4] Christine Schenk, “Becoming a Worldwide Church with Members Who Love One Another,” https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/simply-spirit/becoming-worldwide-church-members-who-love-one-another. [5] Reher,"Denis J. Dougherty and Anna M. Dengel," 23. [6] ibid., 2...
Eden Hall
...e Religious stood with lighted candles in front of their building. For 122 years, Eden Hall stood to educate girls from around the world. However, due to financial troubles, the school and convent closed in 1969. A few years later in 1976, wishing to protect the land from residential real-estate,
Papal Infallibility
...een British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone and Cardinal John Henry Newman (now Saint Newman). In a pamphlet published in 1874, Gladstone declared that Papal Infallibility was “at war with modern thought” since faith and morals touch on every part of human life and thus “infallibility is as wide as