Hometown Saint: Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in Philadelphia
...abandonment of the Indian and Colored races.” The new order, the first to minister to the needs of Native-Americans and African-Americans, grew slowly. In 1892, twelve postulates received the habit of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (SBS). Ultimately, more than 100 SBS educational intuitions, including Xavier University in New
CORDUM
On September 29, 1971, His Eminence, John Cardinal Krol officially established the Committee on Research and Development of the Urban Ministry, or CORDUM, of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. He selected Bishop Martin N. Lohmuller, the Vicar General, as Chairman of the new committee. This Committee was established to study and
Beloved Cardinal Archbishop: John Francis O’Hara
...O’Hara spoke of the great work and reputation that the Archdiocese had acquired under past bishops and archbishops. He finished his homily by declaring “I have no program to announce, no theme to preach but the love of God,” and that “working together, with the assistance of God’s grace, we
The Bishop’s Bank
...n the wake of the potato famine in Ireland in the mid 1840's, thousands of Irish-Catholic immigrants poured into the city of Philadelphia. Although looked at with suspicion by the native population, these immigrants met the needs of a rapidly growing city looking for a pool of ready labor. Irishmen