Parish and School Closing
...n de Porres. In Chester, all six parishes in the city would merge into one new parish called Blessed (now Saint) Katharine Drexel. Other parishes to close in 1993 included St. Elizabeth and the Church of the Gesu. Halvey_394J_071 Halvey_724J_046 Halvey_724J_041 Schools Affected In addition to parishes, a number
Marian Year of 1954
...f 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 of Philadelphia. Ceremonies and Masses would be held at both religious and secular institutions. Over 30,000 people attended the main
Victory Mass
...y Mass visit the archives for our scrapbook collection, which has numerous newspaper articles and ephemera on the event. [1] Letter from Cardinal Dougherty to Parish Priest, October 12, 1942. SB-36 June 1942-Dec. 1942; 101. Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. [2] Ibid. [3] Ibid. [4] Letter
Mary Brackett Willcox and Catholicism in the Suburbs
...Mary was born in 1796 in Massachusetts to Captain James Brackett and Elizabeth Odiorne.[1] In 1819, she married James Mark Willcox from Ivy Mill, PA.[2] James’s grandfather founded the paper mill in Ivy Mills in 1726, which would go on to print paper for Benjamin Franklin and money for the