Religion and the Immigrant Experience: Building This Country Together

St. Augustine’s Roman Catholic Church

Religion and the Immigrant Experience: Building This Country Together

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A panel of scholars, historians, and theologians discuss how the history of religious pluralism in the United States is inextricably linked to the immigrant experience and how this informs our future.

Learn the history of St. Augustine’s, an immigrant church, which was burned to the ground during the Nativist Riots of 1844.

Panelists
Fr. Michael DiGregorio, Order of Saint Augustine
Fr. Paul Galetto, OSA, STB, PhD, Parish Administrator, Saint Augustine Roman Catholic Church
Peter Pedemonti, Co-Director, New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia
Catherine E. Wilson, PhD, Associate Professor, Villanova University, Department of Public Administration

This program is part of the Religious Freedom: Then & Now initiative.

Date

Jun 07 2026

Time

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Location

St. Augustine Rome Catholic Church
250 North 4th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Organizer

Interfaith Philadelphia

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