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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 ...
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 ...
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.
Passyunk Square is a neighborhood in South Philadelphia bounded by Broad Street to the west, 6th Street to the east, Tasker Street to the south and Washington Avenue to the north. [1] Passyunk Square is bordered by the Bella Vista, Hawthorne, Central South Philadelphia, Wharton, and Point Breeze neighborhoods.
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 ...
Altar in the lower church at Saint John's, seen through a glass panel etched with Alpha/Omega symbols. One of the more active parishes in Philadelphia, St. John's offers Sunday Masses at 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. (along with a Saturday evening Vigil Mass at 5:15 p.m.) in the upper church.
The Church of the Gesú is a Roman Catholic chapel and former parish church located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1868 by Burchard Villiger, the church was the center of several Jesuit educational institutions, including St. Joseph's Preparatory School, St. Joseph's University, and the Gesú School.
The Christian Street Historic District is an historic district located along Christian Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. [ 2 ] : 5 It is also known as Black Doctors' Row . [ 2 ] : 221 The narrow district extends approximately six city blocks , from the 1400 block of Christian Street to the intersection of Christian Street ...