In advance of the historic visit of Pope Francis to Philadelphia, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania takes a look at the history of Catholics and Catholicism in Pennsylvania in its latest issue of Pennsylvania Legacies, now available in print and online.
The contents of this issue include: “Conflict and Community in Early Pennsylvania’s Catholic Church” by Maura Jane Farrelly; “Sisters and Saints: The Catholic Faces of Philadelphia” by Margaret M. McGuinness; “Racial Equality, Catholicism, and the Third Colored Catholic Congress” by Gary B. Agee; “‘It Was Our Parish, After All’: Immigrants and the Catholic Church” by Robert M. Zecker; Window on the Collections: Memories of St. Peter Claver Church” by Rachel Moloshok; Teachers’ Page: “The Vatican and Social Change: The Pope Visits Philadelphia” by Alicia Parks; Teachers’ Turn: “Bringing Religion into the Classroom” by Amy Cohen; Generations: “Finding Your Catholic Roots in Pennsylvania” by Christine Friend; Book and Website Reviews by Rachel Moloshok; and Food for Thought: “Religious Intolerance: A Historical Repeat?” by Sam Katz with Erin Shipley.
More on Legacies and this issue can be found here.
Legacies is available as a benefit of membership in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and by subscription. For purchase of individual issues, please contact Rachel Moloshok at rmoloshok@hsp.org.
From: Tamara Gaskell