Philadelphia is where
St. John Neumann became a bishop. Before he was a Redemptorist missionary priest like I am. He had come from Bohemia in the 1800's to preach the Gospel of Christ to his fellow German immigrants who had come to the US for a better life and for work. At our Redemptorist Parish of St. Peter's is the shrine for him. He is the first male made a saint in the USA. He fell of a heart attach a few blocks from this church at 5th and Girard in Philadelphia. Tomorrow will be the 200 anniversary of his birth here in Philadelphia, and so we will have a big celebration.
(John Neumann had been working the area of northern New York State, Pennsylvania and West Virginia when he decided to join us, the Redemptorists. He was pastor in my home parish at what was St. Philomenas in Pittsburgh PA.)
Today I walked from our parish here in 5th and Girard up to Visitation Parish where other four of my Redemptorist brothers have a very good apostolate amongh the spanish speaking as well as English speaking... Along the way I took photo of the most beautiful street murals done my community artistic groups. I show some of these on other posts today.
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