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.
[I hope to have all of the parish reports posted by the end of 2020]
Central Philadelphia:
- Christ Church, Philadelphia
- Church of St. Luke and The Epiphany
- Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square
- St. Clement’s Church, Philadelphia
- St. Mark’s Church, Philadelphia
- St. Peter’s Church, Philadelphia
- St. Phillip’s Memorial Church
- St. Stephen’s Church, Philadelphia
- Trinity Memorial Church
South Philadelphia:
- Church of St. John the Evangelist, 3rd and Reed
- Church of the Crucifixion
- Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Church
- Memorial Chapel of the Holy Communion
- Memorial Church of St. Paul, South Philadelphia
- Prince of Peace Church
- St. Elisabeth’s Church, Philadelphia
- St. Mary’s Church, Bainbridge Street
- St. Simon the Cyrenian Church
Southwest Philadelphia:
West Philadelphia:
- African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas
- Calvary Church, Northern Liberties/West Philadelphia
- Church of the Atonement
- Church of the Epiphany, Sherwood
- Church of the Holy Apostles and the Mediator
- Memorial Church of St. Paul, Overbrook
- St. Andrew’s Church, West Philadelphia
- St. Barnabas’ Church, Haddington
- St. George’s Church, West End
- St. Mary’s Church, Hamilton Village
- St. Monica’s Church
Lower North Philadelphia:
- Church of St. Simeon
- Church of the Advent, Philadelphia
- Church of the Annunciation
- George W. South Memorial Church of the Advocate
- St. Augustine’s Church of the Covenant
- St. Bartholomew’s Church, North Philadelphia
- St. Matthew’s Church, Francisville
Upper North Philadelphia:
Kensington:
- Church of the Good Shepherd, Kensington
- Church of the Holy Redeemer, Richmond
- Emmanuel Church, Kensington
- Free Church of St. John, Kensington
- Grace Church and the Incarnation
- St. Ambrose Church, Kensington
- St. Barnabas’ Church, Kensington
- St. George’s Church, Richmond
- St. Luke’s Church, Kensington
- St. Mary of the Annunciation Church (Italian)
- St. Nathanael’s Church, Kensington
Roxborough/Manayunk
Germantown/Chestnut Hill
Olney-Oak Lane
- Church of the Holy Nativity, Germantown
- St. Alban’s Church, Olney
- St. Martin’s Church, Oak Lane
- Zion Church, Logan
Near Northeast Philadelphia
Far Northeast Philadelphia
