St. Anne Alumni Association: December 2009

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Education Fund Update

Thank you to everyone who has made a donation to the St. Anne Alumni Education Fund! Your contributions and participation in fund raising efforts have helped to raise $40,000 to date.

If you haven't made a donation yet, it is not too late. Please send donations to

St. Anne Alumni Association
PO Box 63398
Philadelphia PA 19114-8398

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Shop at the Holiday Open House

AnneMarie Roney-Quinn and Mary Gross are hosting a Holiday Open House on Saturday, December 5th from 4PM-7PM. Purchase your holiday gifts from a collection of Avon, Entertaining at Home, Annie's Boutique, homemade candy, and Mary's Treasures products.

In addition, there will be 50/50 chances for $5 and door prizes.

20% of all purchases will be donated to the St. Anne Education Fund.

If you plan on attending this event, please R.S.V.P by to AnneMarie 215-744-3768 or Mary Gross 215-331-9192.

Click here for directions to 4618 Milnor Street, Philadelphia, PA 19137 .

Thanks!

Thank you to all of the alumni and friends who came out to support St. Anne School at Finnigan's Wake on Sunday, November 29th. A great time was had by all while raising money to keep the school open!

Thanks!

Hisory of St. Anne Parish

In 1842, the Pennsylvania and Reading Railroads extended rail tracks from the Central Pennsylvania coal mines to the Delaware River. So the coal trade took off. Many of the Irish Immigrants who were members of St. Patrick's Church had been working on the Schuylkill River. However, when jobs became available on the Delaware, many sought work in Port Richmond. The long commute from their homes to the Delaware River was exhausting, so they decided to relocate and build their new houses in Port Richmond.

The Pastor of St. Patrick's, Rev. Daniel F.X. Devitt, was concerned about the spirituality of his departing parishioners, the hope of perhaps some Catholics joining nearby St. Michael’s was dashed when that church was burnt down during the Anti-Irish Catholic Riots of May of 1844, so Rev. Devitt approached Bishop Kenrick with an idea to start a new parish in Port Richmond. Rev. Devitt worked unceasingly in establishing St. Anne Church, but going back and forth from St. Patrick's began to take its toll. As noted below, Rev. Hugh McLaughlin became the first official pastor of St. Anne Church in 1846.

The original boundaries encompassed what is now Holy Name, St. Laurentius, St. Michael's, Visitation, Immaculate Conception, Mother of Divine Grace, Nativity, St. George's, Our Lady Help of Christians and St. Aldalbert's parishes. Through the years, with the growing ethic populations, new churches were established, and St. Anne's boundaries got smaller.

St. Anne Alumni Association

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Education Fund Update

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Shop at the Holiday Open House

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