Before Christmas, Joseph Sparks set out to buy a Bible, along with various other books, for a boy at his church in West Philadelphia. Sparks, now a Delaware County resident, knew exactly where to go.
Sparks...
Every third Sunday of the month, African immigrants head to the church hall of Victory Harvest Fellowship in West Philadelphia for health screenings.
Members of the Hispanic immigrant community do the...
Morris family’s gallery brings art to West Philadelphia
Just over six years ago, Milan Morris ’19 and her family brought the arts to West Philadelphia when they established Urban Art Gallery, located...
Scribe Video Center serves West Philadelphia
On the 3900 block of Lancaster Avenue, just under four miles from St. Joe’s campus, sits a storefront bearing the name Scribe Video Center.
The 37-year-old...
The history of the first Jim’s Steaks.
While many cheesesteak fanatics are familiar with Jim’s Steaks on South Street, they may not know that the original Jim’s is just a 10-minute drive from campus.
Richard...
