This Day in Diocesan History for March 6

1932

Dedication of the rebuilt Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged on Penn Ave.  The original building had been destroyed in a fire

 

 

1945

Bishop Hugh Boyle granted permission to the congregation of the parish formed in Whitehall in November of 1944 and, as yet unnamed, to name it St. Gabriel

 

 

1949

Dedication of the first St. Joseph Church, Port Vue

 

 

1955

Ground broken for the second Mothers of Sorrows Church/school, Charleroi

 

 

1961

Ground broken for the second St. Perpetua Church, McKeesport

 

 

2005

Dedication of Creedmore Court, a residence for low income elderly in Brookline.  The building was originally Resurrection Church/school.  After the second church was built, the building served as the parish school until Brookline Regional Catholic School was formed

 

 

Groundbreaking for the second St. Perpetua Church, McKeesport