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Between 1896 and 1908, Father Emerick worked closely with the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, the order founded by Mother Katherine Drexel to work among Black and indigenous people in Jamaica and Philadelphia. During his years at Ridge between 1910 and 1922, Father Emerick served as pastor of St. Peter Claver’s Church and played a leading role in the foundation of the Cardinal Gibbons Institute which was open to Black students from across the nation.
Portrait published in Twin Silver Jubilees
Photographer unknown