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St. Paul's is now known as the Most Blessed Sacrament Church, and it is the oldest existing Catholic place of worship in Pennsylvania and the fourth oldest Catholic structure in the thirteen original colonies. In 1743, Father Schneider started a Catholic school at the mission church.
St. Timothy School – Merged into Blessed Trinity Regional Catholic School in 2012. [2] It did not appeal the merger. [101] St. William School – Closed in 2012. [2] Philadelphia-South. Annunciation B.V.M. School – Merged into St. Anthony of Padua in 2012. [2] Epiphany of Our Lord School – Merged into Our Lady of Hope School in 2012. [2]
The school opened the Walter Dlubak Athletic Center in 2009, home to the SJHS Spartans; math and science classes are also held in the building. [3] It shares its main school building with Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament School, an elementary school for grades Pre-K through 8
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.
They were founded in 1891 by Katharine Drexel as the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People. During her life, Saint Katharine used approximately $20 million of her personal fortune to fund SBS-staffed schools for Native Americans and African Americans ; her wealth passed on to other charitable organizations following ...
Blessed Sacrament Academy Grade School – Operated from 1915 to 1961; operated and staffed by the Sacramentine Nuns. Blessed Sacrament Parish School (New Rochelle) – Operated from 1866 to 2007; staffed by the Ursuline Sisters (1924–1995). Christ the King Parish School – Closed in 2011.
Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament (2005) It is named after St. Cyprian, an African nobleman who became a bishop. [2] The current church was built in 1924. The campus also includes a rectory, daycare, and elementary school.
When Garvey died later in 1920, McCort automatically succeeded him as the next bishop of Altoona. McCort laid the cornerstone for the new Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in May 1926 but construction temporarily came to a halt in 1929 due to the stock market crash. The cathedral was dedicated in September 1931. [14]