Roman Catholic and Archdiocese High Schools
...baseball 14-10.[7] Other sports would be added and the football games against St. Joe’s and La Salle would lay the ground work for the eventual Catholic League.[8] Soon after the opening of Roman Catholic, there were calls to open a similar high school for girls. While a full high school
Philadelphia’s First Catholic Cathedral
...Churches in the city: Old St. Joseph’s, Old St. Mary’s, Holy Trinity, and St. Augustine. Of the four, Old St. Mary’s was selected to be the first Catholic Cathedral of the diocese. Due to this, work soon began to increase the size of the church so that 36 new pews
Parish and School Closing
...f the Golden Age of Catholicism in the city, they were a necessity that secured the financial stability of the Archdiocese for the future. They also led to a new beginning – when Blessed Katharine Drexel in Chester had its first Mass on July 1, 1993, the church was filled
Friendly and Adopted Sons
...y two Catholics to sign the Constitution), and George Meade (banker and trustee of Old. St. Mary’s).[1] The group was non-denomination and had members from Catholics to Quakers.[2] The group created a constitution, limiting members to those that were “the descendants of Irish parents by either side in the first