Starting from Scratch: The Story of Msgr. Hawks and St. Joan of Arc Parish
...uch of the area was mills and other industry and most of the families that lived in the area poor so raising funds for building the church would prove an issue. Hawks quickly set up a temporary chapel located in a house with an old store front that could fit
Anti-Catholicism in Jacksonian Philadelphia
...s side of the argument, Hughes started The Catholic Herald, the first long lived diocesan paper in Philadelphia. The newspaper would become the mouthpiece for Bishop Kenrick’s campaign to end Protestant proselytizing in public schools. First issue of The Catholic Herald, January 3, 1833 The nativist riots that occurred in
10th Synod
...that it will make “Christ more clearly present, [and] more visible in our lives.”[8] Unlike the synods of the past, this one would involve laity and in fact about half of the 250 members would be lay people.[9] Participants would be nominated by their peers so priests would elect the
Daughters of Charity Nursed Wounded Civil War Soldiers at West Philadelphia hospital
...two centuries ago. These women, who have and who continue to devote their lives to the betterment of society have played a pivotal role in social work, education and medicine. As we begin to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, one example of this service