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The church was declared a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II on October 27, 1997. The basilica is the site of an annual solemn novena in honor of St. Ann , which draws thousands of pilgrims every year.
St. Mary's church, finished in 1842, was the first Catholic church in Wilkes-Barre. [9] The first one in Scranton was built in 1852 on the site of the present day Church of Nativity. [10] In Williamsport, a German group erected the first Catholic church, St. Boniface, in 1855. [11]
The Church of Saint Ann or Anne, St. Ann's Church, St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church or variations may refer to: Albania. St. Anne's Church, Derviçan; Belgium
The church was built in 1867, as the parish church of St. Vincent de Paul.In 1883–84, a project was undertaken to remodel and embellish the church, which by now was the central church of the diocese, and on September 28, 1884, the new mother church of the diocese was consecrated by Archbishop P. J. Ryan of Philadelphia, and its name changed to the Cathedral of St. Peter, marking its new role ...
On November 14, 1942, O'Connor was appointed as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Scranton and titular bishop of Thespiae by Pope Pius XII. [6] He received his episcopal consecration on January 27, 1943, from Bishop William Hafey , with Bishops Gerald O'Hara and George L. Leech serving as co-consecrators , at St. Peter's Cathedral. [ 6 ]
The Roman Catholic bishop of Scranton Joseph Bambera and bishop emeritus James Timlin also attended the event. [4] In December 2016 the church announced that St. Stanislaus Elementary School, which had been run by the cathedral for over 120 years, would close in June 2017, citing a steep decline in enrollment for the past 5 years. [5]
During the 1930s, Fr. John Murray, started the Annual Nine Day Novena to St. Gerard Majella, beginning on 8 October and finishing on his feast day, 16 October. Fr. Hugo Kerr erected a shrine to St. Gerard in the church in 1939. Today the Novena continues to grow with over 10,000 people attending the Novena on a daily basis. [3]
The Church of Saint Anne (commonly known as St. Anne Church, or Saint Anne's) is an Irish Roman Catholic Parish in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The church was founded in 1845. The church serves the communities of Fishtown, Port Richmond, and Kensington. The school, [1] which was founded in 1854, [citation needed] had about 1,000 students in ...