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St. Gertrude Roman Catholic Church. / 40.59972°N 79.56444°W / 40.59972; -79.56444. St. Gertrude Roman Catholic Church is a historic Roman Catholic church located at 311 Franklin Avenue in Vandergrift, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania within the Diocese of Greensburg .
Not to be confused with Petersen Sports Complex. The Petersen Events Center (more commonly known as " The Pete " [ 3 ]) is a 12,508-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in the Oakland neighborhood. The arena is named for philanthropists John Petersen and his wife Gertrude, who donated $10 million for its ...
Area code. 724. FIPS code. 42-79776. Website. Vandergrift Borough.org. Vandergrift is a borough in Westmoreland County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, approximately 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Pittsburgh. Early in the 20th century, it had the largest sheet steel mill in the world.
In 1808, Pope Pius VII erected the Diocese of Philadelphia, covering all of Pennsylvania. [6] As the Catholic population grew in Pennsylvania in the 19th century, the Vatican erected the Diocese of Pittsburgh in 1843 to cover the western part of the state. The Greenburg region remained part of the Diocese of Pittsburgh for the next 108 years.
Patronage. Geertruidenberg, gardeners, pilgrims, poor people, widows, cats, against rats, mice and pestilence. Gertrude of Nivelles, OSB (also spelled Geretrude, Geretrudis, Gertrud; c. 628 [3] – 17 March 659) was a seventh-century abbess who, with her mother Itta, founded the Abbey of Nivelles, now in Belgium.
Carlow University is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1929 by the Sisters of Mercy. The university’s athletic teams are known as the Celtics, reflecting its Irish heritage. [1] As of 2017–2018, Carlow's student body was predominantly female, with women comprising 84% and men 16% of the student ...
Nevertheless, her leadership during those years resulted in the establishment of three new foundations: Mount St. Benedict Monastery in Erie, Pennsylvania (1856), St. Gertrude Monastery in Newark, New Jersey (1857), and Saint Benedict's Monastery in St. Cloud, Minnesota (1857). [3] Convents in Covington (1859) and Chicago (1861) branched off ...
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The institution was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools . In 1912, it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology and began granting four-year degrees.