Philadelphia Church Tours

12/06/2025

I have not conducted tours of the Philadelphia Colonial Churches since COVID in 2020.
Please don't leave messages on this site as this business is no longer operating.

06/22/2020

I see that I am getting views of my Philadelphia Church Tours page and regrettably all tours are cancelled until the Coronavirus pandemic is long gone. According to Harvard Medical School's experts in this morning's news, that won't be for at least another year. We will have to wait and see.

02/08/2020

Leaving for Europe for 360 days starting Feb 12, 2020. Will resume tours after I return in early 2021.

05/04/2016

New tours are opening on May 7th 2016 at 1:00 PM. We are presently booking tours for the rest of May.

07/01/2015

Schedule: 2015 Apostolic Journey Of Pope Francis To The United States Of America


Here is the schedule for Pope Francis' September 2015 Apostolic Journey to the United States of America as released by the Vatican on June 30, 2015. All times listed are Eastern Daylight Time.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 (WASHINGTON, DC)
4:00 p.m. Arrival from Cuba at Joint Base Andrews
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 (WASHINGTON, DC)
9:15 a.m. Welcome ceremony and meeting with President Obama at the White House
11:30 a.m. Midday Prayer with the bishops of the United States, St. Matthew's Cathedral
4:15 p.m. Mass of Canonization of Junipero Serra, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 (WASHINGTON, DC, NEW YORK CITY)
9:20 a.m. Address to Joint Session of the United States Congress
11:15 a.m. Visit to St. Patrick in the City and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington
4:00 p.m. Depart from Joint Base Andrews
5:00 p.m. Arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport
6:45 p.m. Evening Prayer (Vespers) at St. Patrick's Cathedral
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 (NEW YORK CITY)
8:30 a.m. Visit to the United Nations and Address to the United Nations General Assembly
11:30 a.m. Multi-religious service at 9/11 Memorial and Museum, World Trade Center
4:00 p.m. Visit to Our Lady Queen of Angels School, East Harlem
6:00 p.m. Mass at Madison Square Garden
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 (NEW YORK CITY, PHILADELPHIA)
8:40 a.m. Departure from John F. Kennedy International Airport
9:30 a.m. Arrival at Atlantic Aviation, Philadelphia
10:30 a.m. Mass at Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia
4:45 p.m. Visit to Independence Mall
7:30 p.m. Visit to the Festival of Families Benjamin Franklin Parkway
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 (PHILADELPHIA)
9:15 a.m. Meeting with bishops at at St. Martin's Chapel, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary
11:00 a.m. Visit to Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility
4:00 p.m. Mass for the conclusion of the World Meeting of Families, Benjamin Franklin Parkway
7:00 p.m. Visit with organizers, volunteers and benefactors of the World Meeting of Families, Atlantic Aviation
8:00 p.m. Departure for Rome
For more information on media credentialing and coverage of Pope Francis' Apostolic Journey to the United States of America and the World Meeting of Families, see the Media Credentialing page.

06/29/2015

On September 22-27, 2015, Philadelphia will welcome the World Meeting of Families – Philadelphia 2015. Links, Shares and Likes are not endorsements.

10/22/2014

For the fourth year in a row, HSP will be hosting the kick-off program for National History Day (NHD) Philly, thanks to the generous support of the Beneficial Foundation. At the Kick-Off, we provide teachers the materials they need to institute NHD in their schools. NHD Philly creates a project-bas…

10/03/2014

“I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house." Nathaniel Hawthorne

Join me on one of these beautiful autumn days touring colonial Philadelphia and the 3 colonial Catholic churches in Society Hill. The tour is an easy walk. See where Generals Washington and Lafayette, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson thanked God for a victory at Yorktown and Benjamin Franklin imbibed after a hard day of arguing during the 2nd Continental Congress.

09/22/2014

Old St. Joseph’s Church in Philadelphia is truly historic. The parish traces back to 1733 as the first Catholic Church in Philadelphia, and it is about to get an official marker authorized by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) to recognize it.

09/10/2014