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Plans for the building of St. Peter Cathedral were initiated in 1873 by Bishop Tobias Mullen of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie. The cornerstone was laid in a formal ceremony held on St. Peter in Chains Day (See General Roman Calendar as in 1954), 1 August 1875. After years of construction and a fundraising campaign that involved parishes ...
The Diocese of Erie (Latin: Dioecesis Eriensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in western Pennsylvania in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The Diocese of Erie was founded on July 29, 1853.
The Millcreek Township sign. Our Lady of Peace is a Roman Catholic parish with a church and K-8 school. It is located in Millcreek Township in Erie County, Pennsylvania.. The Our Lady of Peace Parish provides philanthropic services in the Diocese and to those in need who may reside outside of the county or State.
Some grandparents of today's Blessed Sacrament students can remember when nuns staffed every Erie Catholic school, doling out homework, prayers and discipline in equal measures.
The final restructuring is to go into place July 9 and at that time, the number of Roman Catholic parishes in Erie County will drop from 33 to 27. Here is what the diocese announced Thursday ...
More food news: Black- and women-owned Cafe 7-10 in Erie expanding within building Holy Cross Catholic Church Feb. 16 and 23 and March 1, 8, 15 and 22; 4:30-7 p.m.; 7100 West Ridge Road, Fairview ...
Born in 1911, she was the child of an Irish immigrant mother and first-generation Irish-American father. She studied at Edinboro Normal School and Penn State University and worked in special education for the Erie School District. In 1952, she founded the Barber Center, which gradually expanded and eventually became known as the Barber National ...
It was the first Catholic church in Sharon. After a few additions, most notably the bell tower in 1867, [2] the basement was used as a parochial school until a dedicated school building was built in 1889. The first teachers in the parish were the Sisters of the Holy Humility of Mary. [3]