...d lithographer from Boston where he worked for the lithography firm of Haskell and Allen. Butler was a lithographer from New York City. The church lithograph collection contains images of churches from Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Mississippi, Minnesota, Missouri, New

...angels flanking on either side. In addition, to the sculpture, a 200 foot tall bell tower was erected next to the shrine. The bells were added in 1967 and named Stefan, Franicis, and John after Cardinals Wyszynki, O’Hara, and Krol. The shrine would continue to be visited by pilgrimages from

...Patrick’s in Norristown. Halvey_644J_073 Halvey_440K_072   Protests and Renewals Following the large closings of 1993, other parish and institution closures would follow. These closings were not without protest, as parishioners felt a loss of their Catholic identity. While the closures were painful and highlighted the end of the Golden Age

...Archbishop John F. O’Hara at St. Peter the Apostle Church. O’Hara directed all new parishes founded during the year to be named after Mary. All told, ten new parishes would be founded and named in honor of Mary, as well as a new chapel for the Cathedral named Our Lady