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New Museum In The Works For America’s First Male Saint
History

New Museum In The Works For America’s First Male Saint

The Shrine of St. John Neumann on Girard Avenue is a melting pot brimming with religious devotion. It’s also a destination for curious tourists looking to get a glimpse of the saint’s body enshrined in a glass casket. A museum dedicated to the life and work of the famed Philadelphia bishop will open this spring. John Henry Scott has the story

Row House Synagogue In South Philly Reborn
City Life

Row House Synagogue In South Philly Reborn

Joe Brin checks in at our favorite 109-year-old row house synagogue, Shivtei Yeshuron, where membership is flourishing and programming is humming along

Khmer Monastery In Kingsessing Enlightens The Schuylkill
Architecture

Khmer Monastery In Kingsessing Enlightens The Schuylkill

Dan Papa celebrates the Cambodian New Year with a look at the Wat Khmer Palelai Buddhist temple under construction in Southwest Philly

Live Animal Holiday Tradition Lives On In Old City
History

Live Animal Holiday Tradition Lives On In Old City

For the last 46 years a live animal nativity scene has been presented during the holiday season at Old First Reformed Church in Old City. Harry K. takes a walk around the festive display and the nearly 300-year-old congregation at Fourth and Race Streets

Mormon Temple Transcends Tradition On The Parkway
Architecture

Mormon Temple Transcends Tradition On The Parkway

Jeff Markovitz brings the new Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints into view with this look inside the building’s referential designs

Historic Parish Complex In Kingsessing Gets New Life As Charter School
Preservation

Historic Parish Complex In Kingsessing Gets New Life As Charter School

The much lauded Independence Charter School will transform the vacant Most Blessed Sacrament campus, reports Ann de Forest. But questions remain about the future of the Neo-Renaissance church, abandoned by the Archdiocese in 2007

Marked Potential: St. Andrew’s Collegiate Chapel
Architecture

Marked Potential: St. Andrew’s Collegiate Chapel

With this month’s Marked Potential Shila Griffith gives us a rock climbing gym with a heavenly view inside the divine sanctuary of St. Andrew’s Collegiate Chapel

Pipe Organ Concert Opens Doors To Girard College Chapel
Photography

Pipe Organ Concert Opens Doors To Girard College Chapel

Girard College Chapel is an overlooked treasure trove containing some of the city’s best Greek and Art Deco detailing. It’s also home to one of the biggest pipe organs in Philadelphia. Dan Papa unlocks the radiant vault with this revealing photo essay


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