The Monsignor John T. Mitchell Memorial Scholarship Fund assists African-American Catholic high school students in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Established in 2008, it has disbursed 118 grants totaling $138,000.

Every other year, the Office for Black Catholics of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia sponsors a fundraising gala to raise funds to support the scholarship fund.

Friday, April 27, 2018
7:00PM – Hors d’oeuvres & Musical Entertainment
7:45PM – Dinner
Saint John Neumann Center
1039 North Lawrence Street
Philadelphia, PA 19123

Twenty African-American students from eleven Catholic high schools received the 2017-2018 Monsignor John T. Mitchell Memorial Scholarship. Those scholarship awards will total over $16,000. 

Monsignor Mitchell served for many years as a priest of the Archdiocese and was well known for his faithful ministry to African-American Catholics.

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Editor’s Note: For more information, please call the Office for Black Catholics at 215-587-3541. Event parking is available across the street from the Saint John Neumann Center.

Contact:

Jhoselyn Martinez
Communications Specialist
215-587-3747 (office)