EWTN TV: Catholic Beginnings—Philadelphia

[Dwyer]

EWTN TV: Catholic Beginnings—Philadelphia : On EWTN TV July 4-11, 2017 at 6:30 PM & 2:30 AM

Duration: 00:30
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1. CATHOLIC BEGINNINGS - PHILADELPHIA
   CATHOLIC COLONIAL PENNSYLVANIA**

Fr. Charles Connor visits Old St. Joseph’s Church and compares William Penn’s ideal of religious freedom to the anti-Catholic reality of colonial Pennsylvania.

TV-G

Date Time

Tuesday, Jul 04 6:30 PM
Wednesday, Jul 12 2:30 AM

Duration: 00:30
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2) CATHOLIC BEGINNINGS - PHILADELPHIA
EARLY JESUIT MISSIONARY ACTIVITY IN PENNSYLVANIA**

Fr. Charles Connor delves into the 300-year-old history of Jesuit missionary activity in Pennsylvania, which includes the building of America’s first hospital.

TV-G

Date Time

Wednesday, Jul 05 2:30 AM
Wednesday, Jul 05 6:30 PM

Duration: 00:30

3) CATHOLIC BEGINNINGS - PHILADELPHIA
REVOLUTIONARY AND EARLY NATIONAL CATHOLICISM IN PENNSYLVANIA

Fr. Charles Connor visits Old St. Mary’s Church, where the first public religious commemoration of the Declaration of Independence took place.

TV-G

Date Time

Thursday, Jul 06 2:30 AM
Thursday, Jul 06 6:30 PM

Duration: 00:30
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4) CATHOLIC BEGINNINGS - PHILADELPHIA
PROBLEMS OF LAY TRUSTEEISM IN PHILADELPHIA**

Fr. Charles Connor examines the concept of lay trusteeism and the problems it caused in colonial parishes.

TV-G

Date Time

Friday, Jul 07 2:30 AM
Friday, Jul 07 6:30 PM

Duration: 00:30

5) CATHOLIC BEGINNINGS - PHILADELPHIA
THE NATIVIST RIOTS IN KENSINGTON

While exploring St. Michael’s Church in Kensington, Fr. Charles Connor reviews the events leading up to the deadly interdenominational violence known as the Nativist Riots.

TV-G

Date Time

Saturday, Jul 08 2:30 AM
Saturday, Jul 08 6:30 PM

Duration: 00:30

6) CATHOLIC BEGINNINGS - PHILADELPHIA
THE EPISCOPACY OF ST. JOHN NEUMAN

Fr. Charles Connor explores the National Shrine of St. John Neumann and discusses the life and ministry of the first canonized U.S. bishop with the shrine’s director, Fr. Raymond Collins.

TV-G

Date Time

Sunday, Jul 09 6:30 PM

Duration: 00:30

7) CATHOLIC BEGINNINGS - PHILADELPHIA
BISHOP NEUMANN AND THE BUILDING OF THE CATHEDRAL

Fr. Charles Connor visits the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in the heart of downtown Philadelphia and explores the history of the Cathedral and the Diocese with the Rector of the Cathedral, Fr. Gerald Dennis Gill.

TV-G

Date Time

Monday, Jul 10 2:30 AM
Monday, Jul 10 6:30 PM

Duration: 00:30

8) CATHOLIC BEGINNINGS - PHILADELPHIA
TWENTIETH CENTURY CATHOLICISM IN PHILADELPHIA: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ST. KATHERINE DREXEL

Fr. Charles Connor visits the Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel, an heiress who gave up her inheritance to serve the poor and the only canonized Saint to have been born a U.S. citizen.

TV-G

Date Time

Tuesday, Jul 11 2:30 AM
Tuesday, Jul 11 6:30 PM

I would have liked the series to have included something about the history of Eastern Catholic Churches in Philadelphia / Pennsylvania but otherwise the history series sounds great.

 

[SteveLy]

Sounds interesting. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

 

[brian_custer]

okey dokey…

so you like father charles o’connor or you don’t… ?

hard to tell from this post…