Bicentennial book highlights history of Philadelphia Archdiocese

Published: 2007-03-20

PHILADELPHIA (CNS) -- To commemorate its 200 years of Catholicism, the Philadelphia Archdiocese has produced an official bicentennial book. The nearly 300-page hardcover, titled "Our Faith-Filled Heritage: The Archdiocese of Philadelphia, 1808-2008," will cost $30 and be available through archdiocesan parishes. The publisher is Editions du Signe, a religious book publisher in Strasbourg, France. A coffee-table book, it will contain glossy, full-color photos and graphics, and will feature historical accounts of pivotal people and events in the history of the archdiocese. It will be printed in English and Spanish this summer. The archdiocesan bicentennial celebration opens this Easter, April 8, and concludes April 13, 2008. The bicentennial book traces the history of the archdiocese from the settling of Pennsylvania in the 1680s to the present day, according to its general editor, Father Philip G. Bochanski. Ordained a priest for the archdiocese in 1999, Father Bochanski is a novice in the Philadelphia Congregation of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri.

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