Last Mass at St. Francis in Germantown
Days after Monsignor William Lynn is found guilty of child endangerment, Philadelphia Catholics face another trial: the final Mass at a beloved parish. St. Francis of Assisi in Germantown is one of several churches closed by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Ryan Briggs has the story. > more
Graduate Hospital’s Church Architecture “Under Siege”
The fight to save ecclesiastical architecture in GHo, remembering Furness' work at Penn, a farmers market is in store for Mayfair, and a stretch of Girard Avenue to close tomorrow do to bridge construction > more
Another Church Goes In G-Ho
Demolition by neglect at the Mt. Olive AME Church on Fitzwater Street, as housing is coming > more
Progress At 19th Street Baptist
With training provided by the Bucks County-based LimeWorks.us, which specializes in hydraulic lime mortar, volunteers stabilized the church's north wall > more
Court Day For Church Of The Assumption
Common Pleas Court will hear the case to uphold last year's ruling barring demolition of the historic 1849 church on Spring Garden Street--another case of the "financial hardship" being claimed by the owner of an historically valuable and architecturally significant building in Philadelphia > more
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