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The monument features a 28-foot (8.53 m) heroic-sized bronze sculpture, Angel of the Resurrection, that portrays Michael the Archangel lifting up the soul of a dead soldier from the "flames of war". The sculpture is set upon an 11-foot (3.35 m) black-granite base, with two inscribed dedications and four bronze plaques listing the 1,307 names in ...
Resurrection of Our Lord Church: 2000 Shelmire Avenue St. Adalbert in Philadelphia: 2645 East Allegheny Avenue Known as the "Polish Cathedral" of Philadelphia Saint Augustine Church: 243 North Lawrence Street Saint Charles Borromeo Roman Catholid Church 902 South 20th Street Saint Cyprian Catholic Church: 525 South Cobbs Creek Parkway Saint ...
5200 N. Broad St, Philadelphia Founded in 1993 with the merger of Holy Child, Our Lady of the Holy Souls and St. Stephen Parishes [213] Resurrection of Our Lord 2000 Shelmire Ave, Philadelphia Founded in 1928, current church dedicated in 1958 [214] St. Ambrose 405 E. Roosevelt Blvd, Philadelphia Founded as a mission in 1847, became a parish in ...
19148. Area code(s) 215, 267 and 445 ... Mifflin Square, 500 Wolf St. This 4.2-acre park in South Philadelphia has large trees, walkways, playground equipment and a ...
The cornerstone of the new Church of St. Veronica was blessed on November 3, 1907, and opened in 1909. Today it is a sister parish to Saints Simon and Jude Parish in West Chester, Pennsylvania. [10] St. Veronica School is an Independence Mission School today, one of 14 Philadelphia schools that were deemed "failing" by the state.
View of the churchyard at St. Michael's Church. The initial church was destroyed in the Nativist Riots of 1844. The unrest began when the Catholic Bishop Francis Kenrick petitioned the Public School Board to allow use of the Douay-Rheims (Catholic) translation of the Bible by Catholic students, instead of forcing them to use the Authorized (King James/Protestant) Version as did other students.
The Church of St. James the Less is a historic Episcopal church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, that was architecturally influential. As St. James-the-Less Episcopal Church , it was designated a National Historic Landmark [ 2 ] for its Gothic Revival architecture , which influenced a generation of subsequent churches.
700-704 S. Front Street in 2013 South Front Street Historic District is a national historic district located in the Queen Village neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.It encompasses seven contributing buildings, including the Nathaniel Irish House, Widow Maloby's Tavern, and Capt. Thomas Moore House, which are individually listed on the NRHP.