Father Harold Purcell

Pennsylvania-born priest Harold Purcell founded the City of St. Jude in Montgomery as a way to improve the lives of the downtrodden, particularly impoverished African Americans in Alabama.

Portrait of a person seated in a chair wearing clerical robes and a biretta, with eyeglasses resting on a table in the foreground.
Courtesy of the Passionist Historical Archives

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City of St. Jude

City of St. Jude

Portrait of a person seated in a chair wearing clerical robes and a biretta, with eyeglasses resting on a table in the foreground.

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