Irish College, Rome. Transcripts, 1832-1848 (MC 53)
...d Kirby. Henry published edited versions of these transcripts in the Records of the American Catholic Historical Society (volumes 7-9). The intent was to document some of people and events connected with the history of Catholicity in North America. Correspondents include Francis P. Kenrick, Peter R. Kenrick, Edward Barron, Michael
Hometown Saint: Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in Philadelphia
...2. In 1904, two members of the SBS conducted religious Sunday classes at a North Philadelphia home. Katharine Drexel purchased the property in 1907 to serve as a Catholic center for African-Americans. Soon a new parish for Black Catholics was formed under the name, Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament.
A Brief History of the Growing Pains of the Church in Philadelphia
...founded in 1808.[12] [1] Thomas Hughes, History of the Society of Jesus in North America vol. II, (London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1908) 473; Archdiocese of Philadelphia Catholic Directory, (Philadelphia: CatholicPhilly.com, 2018). [2] Archdiocese of Philadelphia Catholic Directory, (Philadelphia: CatholicPhilly.com, 2018). [3]John Gilmary Shea, Life and Times of the Most
Monsignor Hugh J. Nolan
...James Catholic High School in Chester in 1944 before making the journey up north to Saint Paul, Minnesota three years later. At Saint Paul’s Seminary, he established a masters degree program. Starting in 1954, Reverend Nolan would serve as professor and the Theology Department Chair of Immaculata College. At the