Incarnation of Our Lord Parish began due to the tireless efforts of one man, Edward C. Hartman, who kept insisting to Archbishop Ryan, Archbishop of Philadelphia, that the neighborhood of Olney needed a Catholic Parish. Finally, in April 1900, Archbishop Ryan established St. Justin's parish, which would be composed of the northern half of St. Veronica's, from Bristol Street to Cheltenham Avenue. The first Mass was celebrated on the southwest corner of Second Street Pike and Tabor Road. Shortly afterward, the founding pastor, Fr. Patrick J. Fogarty, changed the name of the church to Incarnation of Our Lord. The present location at Fifth Street and Lindley Avenue was purchased in 1901 for $22, 000. Since then, we have outgrown the original small wooden chapel with twelve pews and the small basement church that followed. Our present church, completed in time for Christmas morning Mass in 1930, is today home to a diverse Catholic community from all over the world: A community of faith that worships God in Creole, English, Malayalam, Portuguese, and Spanish. May God who has begun the good work in us bring it to fulfillment.