Historic Resting Place for Famous and Faithful
...Mary’s Cemetery, raising the burial ground. Katrina, in order to secure a free burial, offered to spread one hundred loads of earth by hand. She died several years later after sustaining crippling injuries in a fire. True to her wishes, Katrina was buried in Old St. Mary’s Cemetery beneath the
Ready for Research: Lawrence F. Flick Papers
...k Buried with Requiem Mass at Old St. Mary’s, 1938). Dr. Flick founded the Free Hospital for Poor Consumptives and became president of White Haven Sanatorium, a position he held from 1901-1935. It was this work that attracted Henry Phipps’s attention to Dr. Flick. Together, philanthropist Henry Phipps and Dr.
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...iversity Digital Library Philadelphia City Archives Marriage Record Office Free Library of Philadelphia National Archives Mid-Atlantic Region The Historical Society of Pennsylvania The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania The Historical Society of Montgomery County, PA Chester County Historical Society Bucks County Historical Society Delaware County Historical Society Pennsylvania Division of Vital
Black Catholics in Philadelphia and The Journal
...l issues of the paper. July 9, 1892 issue Black Catholics, made up of both free and enslaved African Americans, had been a presence in Philadelphia since the establishment of the city's Catholic community. Black Catholics worshiped at the oldest Catholic churches in Philadelphia, including Old St. Joseph (1733), Old