Category Archives: Church of St. Luke & The Epiphany

Study of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Parish Reports (1964)

About the Study:
“The self-study has been started in the fall of 1963, carried out by the Division of Research and Field Study of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church in New York. It was completed a year later. By the fall of 1965, the data had been organized and analyzed, and the results were ready to be reported and discussed…..The self-study was about people rather than property or finances, though the need for money is evident in the report. In many ways, the picture that emerged was one of which to be proud…The most depressing findings, however, had to do with the low state of morale and the weakness of the lines of communication among members of different parishes. Too many divisions existed. Race and class were the unspoken divides here. Lay leadership did not seem especially strong to the study group, nor were the Convocations, or regional groupings, very effective. Furthermore, the number of communicants were flat, while the population in the metropolitan area was growing.” – Sheldon Hackney, This Far By Faith: Tradition and Change in the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, pp. 308-309.

Summary Document

Central Philadelphia:

South Philadelphia:

Southwest Philadelphia:

West Philadelphia:

Lower North Philadelphia:

Upper North Philadelphia:

Kensington/Richmond/Fishtown:

Roxborough/Manayunk

Germantown/Mt. Airy/Chestnut Hill

Olney-Oak Lane

Near Northeast Philadelphia

Far Northeast Philadelphia

Pamphlet to People of Scandinavian Birth or Descent Living in the City and Vicinity of Philadelphia (n.d.)

From the Archives of the Diocese of Pennsylvania

Study of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania: Summary Report (1964)

From the Archives of the Diocese of Pennsylvania. Click on the image to access the report. 30 pages long.

The Clucas Memorial Stole of the Church of St. Luke and The Epiphany (1987)

Rose Sunday at the Church of St. Luke and The Epiphany means Rev. Rodger Broadley celebrates the service vested in a rose stole. I was unfamiliar with the history of the rose stole until Rodger made reference to it in his sermon. The stole was made by the mother of Lowell Clucas III (1944-1986), who was most likely the first congregant at the Church of St. Luke and The Epiphany to die from AIDS-related complications. A year after his tragic death, his mother presented this stole to the parish. I suspect very few at SLATE would recognize the name Lowell Clucas. It is up to us today to remember Lowell, as well as the many others like him whose lives were tragically cut short. More about Lowell’s life, including a picture, can be found on here.

Pamphlet Concerning the Associated Churches of St. James’s and St. Luke and The Epiphany Experiment (1935)

From the Archives of the Diocese of Pennsylvania

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