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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.
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]
She has served as an assistant principal at several Erie Catholic schools before being named principal at St. Jude School in early 2021, then returning to Blessed Sacrament as its principal in 2022
In 1966, the Sisters put together a musical performance that sold out concerts in Erie. They were then invited to appear on a January 1967 episode of The Ed Sullivan Show, under the group name "Sisters-66".
The Benedictine Sisters of Erie began the first Catholic high school for women in the city of Erie, St. Benedict Academy. The school opened in 1869 with one teacher, two students and a tuition of $1/month. The curriculum consisted of Christian Doctrine, English, Sacred History, Drawing, Music and Embroidery.
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