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CATHOLIC BEGINNINGS PHILADELPHIA DVD
Dotted with old colonial and revolutionary sites, Philadelphia is no stranger to the pages of history - and neither are its Catholic origins! Fr. Charles Connor embarks on an epic pilgrimage around the city, recounting its Catholic history at prominent sites, including The National Shrine of St. John Neumann, and the first hospital established in America. Eight episodes uncover these Catholic roots lying under the "The City of Brotherly Love," and how its Catholic Beginnings have shaped the faith of present-day America. 2 discs / 4 hrs. (CC)
Episodes included in this EWTN Home Video:
- Catholic Colonial Pennsylvania
- Early Jesuit Missionary Activity in Pennsylvania
- Revolutionary and Early National Catholicism in Pennsylvania
- The Problems of Lay Trusteeism in Philadelphia
- The Nativist Riots in Kensington
- The Episcopacy of St. John Neumann
- Bishop Neumann and the Building of the Cathedral
- 20th Century Catholicism in Philadelphia: The Life and Times of St. Katharine Drexel