City of Philadelphia - File #: 060213

• File #: 060213
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 3/16/2006
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 3/16/2006
• Title: Honoring the 175th Jubilee of St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Nutter, Councilmember Nutter, Councilmember Nutter, Councilmember Ramos, Councilmember Ramos, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Miller, Council President Verna, Council President Verna, Council President Verna, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Krajewski

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
3/16/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
3/16/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
3/16/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
3/16/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
3/16/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
3/16/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
3/16/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass
3/16/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass
3/16/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title

Honoring the 175^th Jubilee of St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church.

Body

WHEREAS, The St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church was founded on April 4, 1831 and is the tenth oldest Catholic Church in the City of Philadelphia; and

WHEREAS, St. John the Baptist Parish was founded by Father Mulholland with a modest following of 60 parishioners and has been the cornerstone of religious worship in the Manayunk/Roxborough section of the City; and

WHEREAS, In 1878 a parish school was built and was blessed with the services of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary who remain today; and

WHEREAS, The Parish grade school has maintained a level of excellence that has been carried through to thousands of children who studied in the classrooms; and

WHEREAS, In the course of its history, the St. John the Baptist congregation grew from sixty Catholics to the present number of four-thousand five hundred parishioners; and

WHEREAS, A new school was built in 1886 in grand style with stained glass widows, a bell tower that stands 200 feet tall with a five-thousand pound copper bell, along with many embellished details inside and out that rivals early Gothic Cathedrals of Europe; now therefore

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That we hereby honor and commend St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church on the occasion of its 175^th Jubilee; and

FURTHER RESOLVED, That an Engrossed copy of this resolution be presented to the St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church as a symbol of this legislative body's gratitude for the role it has played in its service to God and Humanity.

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