Redpath’s Illustrated Weekly: a rare find
...shortened further to Redpath’s Weekly. This reflected the reduction in the number of illustrations due to rising publication costs. By August 1883, the paper had become more literary and less a vehicle for Irish freedom and social activism with more space devoted to serialized fiction, including French and Russian works
Black Catholics in Philadelphia and The Journal
...lack families were able to rent pews in the gallery of Old St. Joseph. The number of black Catholics in Philadelphia grew considerably during the Haitian revolution (1791-1804) when many refugees immigrated to the city. Evidence of black Catholics can be found within the sacramental registers of the older parishes,
The Story of Duffy’s Cut
...1909, the story lay buried and forgotten. 1909 stone wall built by Martin Clement, future president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, using track ballast from the old rail line Years later, in 2002, Rev. J. Francis Watson, pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, found an old Pennsylvania Railroad file among the
Recap of “To Touch a Saint: Creating a Place for Middle School Students” Grant Program!
...dy of Ransom School, had 572 seventh and eighth grade students visit. This number does not include the teachers, principals, or priests that accompanied them. During their visit, they had an interactive and hands on learning experience, toured the facility, met our Archivists, viewed current exhibits, and saw archival collections.