Basilica of Sts Peter ..
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The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, head church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia and the location of the Philadelphia Archdiocesan Administrative Offices, is located at 18th Street & the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on the east side of Logan Square in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With its majestic façade, vaulted dome, ornate main altar, eight side chapels and main sanctuary that comfortably holds 2,000 worshipers, the Cathedral-Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul is the largest brownstone structure and one of the most architecturally eminent structures in the city of Philadelphia. Erected in 1864, the cathedral, presented in a Roman-Corinthian style of architecture, is modeled after the Lombard Church of St. Charles (San Carlo al Corso) in Rome. Its Palladian façade and aqua oxidized-copper dome are in the Italian Renaissance manner, and the interior is spacious with an oversize apse of stained glass and red antique marble in magnificent proportions reminiscent of Roman churches. It was largely decorated by Constantino Brumidi, who also painted the dome of the Capitol in Washington. A civory over the main altar and the three altars on each of the side aisles point up this Italian Renaissance flavor. Also in the bowels of the building, is the compact 'Crypt of the Bishops'. [edit] Construction On the Feast of SS. Peter and Paul, June 29, 1846, Bishop Kenrick, then Archbishop of Philadelphia, issued a pastoral letter announcing his determination to build a cathedral. It was the bishop's intention to avoid running into debt, so the cathedral was long in building. He chose for the site a plot of ground adjoining the seminary at Eighteenth and Race Streets. Construction on the cathedral began shortly thereafter but was not completed until 1864. This was less than 2 years after the Philadelphia Nativist Riots. These riots represented the height of Anti-Catholicism and Know-Nothingism in Philadelphia and, according to local lore, greatly influenced the design of the building. The Cathedral was built with only very high clerestory windows, according to parish histories, to inhibit vandalism. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral-Basilica_of_SS._Peter_&am...
St. Katharine Drexel
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Katharine Drexel (1858-1955) walked among the African-American and Native American peoples of her time and heard the cry of injustice, their hope for unity, and their dream for peace. As a wealthy, educated, Philadelphia socialite of the late 19th century, Katharine Drexel had many choices for her life work. That choice in the end was influenced by the strong Catholic faith and deep compassion for the poor that Katharine learned from her parents. While still a young woman, Katharine became aware of the desperate plight of Native Americans and African-Americans for whom she built 14 boarding schools in 9 different states. She chose to give her whole life's energy to bring the liberating news of Christ to people of color. On February 12, 1891 she became a vowed religious and founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. Convinced that we are all people of God, Mother Katharine Drexel and her Sisters established schools, catechetical and social centers- on reservations, in the rural South and in large urban areas so that people of these races, who, proud of their own culture and heritage, would themselves become leaders in the nation and the Church. Katharine Drexel was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1988. She was canonized a Saint of the Catholic Church on October 1, 2000. She is entombed at the Saint Katharine Drexel Shrine in the Philadelphia suburb of Bensalem, Pennsylvania. Her feast day is March 3. www.drexel.edu/newmancenter/katherine_drexel.html
station 11: His crucifixion
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Way of the Cross (Also called Stations of the Cross, Via Crucis, and Via Dolorosa). These names are used to signify either a series of pictures or tableaux representing certain scenes in the Passion of Christ, each corresponding to a particular incident, or the special form of devotion connected with such representations. Taken in the former sense, the Stations may be of stone, wood, or metal, sculptured or carved, or they may be merely paintings or engravings. Some Stations are valuable works of art, as those, for instance, in Antwerp cathedral, which have been much copied elsewhere. They are usually ranged at intervals around the walls of a church, though sometimes they are to be found in the open air, especially on roads leading to a church or shrine. In monasteries they are often placed in the cloisters. The erection and use of the Stations did not become at all general before the end of the seventeenth century, but they are now to be found in almost every church. Formerly their number varied considerably in different places but fourteen are now prescribed by authority. www.newadvent.org/cathen/15569a.htm
Archdiocese of Philadelphia History Ceramic Mosaic Mural
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The mosaic murals on the rear walls, designed by Leandro Velasco, were set in place to commemorate the 100th anniversary (1975) of Philadelphia as an archdiocese. The north mural depicts people and events in the Church’s involvement with Pennsylvania history. At the top are the coats of arms of Pope Paul VI and John Cardinal Krol, and the bottom is the symbol of the 41st International Eucharistic Congress, Philadelphia, 1976. The historic scenes are of George Washington and members of the Continental Congress at Old St. Mary’s Church; St. Katharine Drexel, Sisters of St. Joseph caring for the wounded on the Gettysburg battlefield; and Commodore Barry, founder of the United States Navy. The representation of Saint Charles Seminary, founded by Bishop Kenrick in 1832, includes a silhouette of the artist, Thomas Eakins, on a bicycle. The other buildings are St. Michael’s and St. Augustine’s churches, burned and rebuilt during the “Know-Nothing”riots and St. Martin’s Chapel at Saint Charles Seminary.
A Philadelphia Church
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Some neat chuch in downtown Philly. Does anybody know the name of this chuch??
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