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Saint Mary's Church, Hamilton Village

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movement, which the Rector and congregation supported. St. Mary's played a leading role in supporting African-American civil rights, the anti-war movement of the Vietnam era, women's ordination within the Episcopal Church, and the lesbian/gay community's quest for full acceptance.
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and closed its facilities in Philadelphia), many seminarians often attended services here in the days immediately preceding the ordination of the
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prior to being subsumed by the University. The land was given to the church by the Hamilton family for whom the town was named.
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Founded in the early 19th century to serve as a summer congregation for Philadelphians who were vacationing west of the
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Saint Mary's Church as seen in 2007, with University of Pennsylvania dormitories in the background.
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St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church, 3916 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
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A former rector, the Rev. John Scott, was known for having performed an
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and the eventual admission of women to the priesthood in 1976.
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to emphasize its campus ministry. The parish is part of the
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Guidebook to St. Mary's Church, Hamilton Village (1946)
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Denomination
Episcopal
St. Mary's Church website
Dedication
Mary (mother of Jesus)
Consecrated
Province
Three
Diocese
Pennsylvania
Rector
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Episcopal Church
Diocese of Pennsylvania
Hamilton Village
West Philadelphia

Schuylkill River
Anglo-Catholic
exorcism
Richard Nixon
IntegrityUSA
Center City
Episcopal Divinity School
Philadelphia Eleven
St. Mary's Nursery School

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