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HERITAGE ROOM |

1. Entrance to the Heritage Room
2. Crucifix from the top of the tabernacle of the lower church of St. Agatha
Shadow-box for St. Agatha's containing: 40th anniversary celebration; 1916 church bulletin; 100th anniversary book
and Reopening ceremony on Feb. 4, 1968
3. Photos of St. Agatha's first pastor, John FitzMaurice, and both church buildings
Newspaper account of the dedication of the second church of St. Agatha at 38th and Spring Garden by
Archbishop Wood on Oct. 20, 1978
Visit by Card. O'Hara to St. Agatha's to bless renovated buildings, Fall of 1955
Interior of renovated St. Agatha church, Fall of 1955
4. First church bulletin for St. Agatha-St. James, Sept. 25, 1976
Tribute to priests and teachers in the community
Decades of visiting dignitaries, 1856-1898
Decades of visiting dignitaries, 1906-1934
Decades of visiting dignitaries, 1945-1985
Decades of visiting dignitaries, 1992-2007
5. New St. James School, Fall of 1928
Shadow-box for the 100th anniversary book for St. James
6. Msgr. Francis J. Ross, pastor of St. James from 1927-1955
Interior of St. James Church, 1887
First church of St. James, on present site, 1852-1881
Newspaper account of the dedication of St. James, the present church, Oct. 1887
St. James Church, as constructed, with conical tower (pre-1929)
7. Newspaper account of the plague of 1918 and a SHCJ nun
Letter of congratulations from Univ. of Pennsylvania Health Systems for the 150th anniversary of the parish
Award for years of service as a Eucharistic Minister from Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
8. Book of donors and parish benefactors and general information
