Day of Great Joy: Sisters of St. Joseph in Philadelphia
...rrytown.[5] However, at 140 miles away from the city, the location was too far to minister effectively in Philadelphia. So in 1858, the sisters moved to their current location in Chestnut Hill. On August 16, when Mother St. John Fournier and the other sisters arrived, the house they were to
Roman Catholic and Archdiocese High Schools
...atholic high school in the nation, stating that public schools did “not go far enough in the grand mission of education or calling out the powers of the soul.”[4] Classes started on two days later with 105 freshman students; however, only a quarter of them would graduate as many dropped
Marian Year of 1954
...he United States, opened at the short-lived National Philatelic Museum. By far, the biggest Philadelphia event was the Marian Congress of the Oriental Church held on October 22, 1954. It was a joint celebration between the Exarchate of the Byzantine Rite, the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, and the Archdiocese
Building of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
...funds from donations from the Catholics of the diocese, which at this time numbered 60,000 in the Philadelphia area.[4] Despite the possible challenges, things started off well. Napoleon Le Brun, who also built St. Augustine’s and St. Patrick’s, was hired as the architect.[5] The building quickly got under way with