Nestled away in a vault behind a heavy door in the old Jesuit residence of the Gesu Church in Philadelphia is a Catholic treasure – actually dozens of treasures. This cramped vault serves as home to what is fondly known as “The Relic Wall” – an awe-inspiring collection of relics of well-known and some notso- well-known saints. Many of the relics were brought to the location by Fr. Joseph Greaton, SJ, the first resident priest in Philadelphia in the 1700s. The relics were catalogued in 1954 by Fr. James McEnerney, SJ. St. Joseph’s Preparatory School is renovating the old Jesuit residence and plans to display some of the relics. BELOW: The oldest item on The Relic Wall dates to 1730 and is a relic of St. Francis Borgia.