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Reverend Samuel Spiering takes a moment of reflection at Mary’s garden along the side of St. Leo’s Catholic Church in Lewistown.
Photo by Miriam Campan
St. Leo’s Catholic Church is steeped in history, a history spanning from the late 1800s through the 21st century, years plagued by wars, epidemics, depressions, and civil unrest. The liturgical calendar over those years also recorded the day-to-day rites of baptisms, weddings, and funerals, along with high holidays and simple praying of the rosary or lighting of a candle to shine through the darkness.
As the pandemic ebbs and life begins anew, St. Leo the Great Parish remains “a Roman Catholic church dedicated to the teachings and tradition of Mother Church, summarized in love of God and neighbor.”
Elvira E. Moberley Strouf, “Vi” (a.k.a. Blondie), age 89, left this world on May 31, 2021, to be with her Lord. Although all friends and family will miss her terribly, she has looked forward to being with her God.
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A fire destroyed much of St. Leo s Catholic Church in Philadephia s Tacony neighborhood, where the Keystone Street church has stood since the late 19th century. (Google Maps)
PHILADELPHIA St. Leo s Catholic Church in Philadelphia s Tacony neighborhood sustained significant damage in a massive fire that erupted there late Sunday afternoon.
The historic stone structure on Keystone Street and Unruh Avenue has been vacant for several years, with no injuries reported from the fire. In a little more than an hour it had all been destroyed, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported, with the roof collapsed, the inside gutted and only the stone walls remaining.