St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church, Philadelphia There are also Sunday (10 a.m.) and holy day Masses (usually at noon) in English at Immaculate Conception Church worship site. The website for the parish is here.
2 Founding The parish was founded in 1831, the first Catholic Church in the County of Philadelphia (but not within the Philadelphia City limits) on land purchased for $3,333.00.[3] The cemetery connected to the church was the first Catholic cemetery in the Philadelphia area. The original pastor, who served from 1833 until 1843, was the Very Rev. Terence Donaghoe, who also founded the Sisters of Charity, BVM with Mother Mary Frances Clarke and invited them to teach in the parish school.
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The Baptismal font in front of the St. Joseph’s altar at St. Michael’s Church in Philadelphia.
St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church is an active parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia located at Second and Jefferson Streets in Philadelphia, in the West Kensington section of the city (sometimes referred to as "Old Kensington").
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The parish assumed its current configuration under Parish Administrator Msgr. John J. Miller, when St. Michael’s absorbed the neighboring parish of Immaculate Conception in July 2011.[1] Msgr. Miller served as parochial administrator at St. Michael’s from early 2011 until he was replaced in 2014] by the Rev. Arturo Chagala, who had been ordained in the Denver Archdiocese in 2013.[2] As of March 2015, the church has daily Mass at 8 a.m. Monday through Friday in the rectory chapel with Masses on Saturday evening at 5 p.m. and in the church on Sunday at 8:30 a.m. (English) and 11:00 a.m. (Spanish). On most holy days of obligation there is a 7 p.m. bi-lingual Mass. View of the Churchyard at St. Michael’s Church in Philadelphia 1