Philadelphia’s First Catholic Cathedral
...church was still over $5000 in debt. This shortfall in funds would lead to most of the problems facing Old St. Mary’s and set it on a collision course with its first three bishops. As the church struggled to raise money, the trustees attempted to lower the salaries of Bishop
Starting from Scratch: The Story of Msgr. Hawks and St. Joan of Arc Parish
...ct 1, 1919. To which he wrote “to be a pastor is the dearest ambition of almo*]}*st every priest, to be a good pastor is to reach the greatest glory of the priesthood” The first issue for Hawks was the name of his new parish: “The parish was yet unmade.
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