Press Releases
ARCHDIOCESAN HIGH SCHOOLS AND PAROCHIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA TO OPEN TWO HOURS LATE ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019
January 17th, 2019Due to projected inclement weather during the morning rush hour, Archdiocesan high schools and parochial elementary schools in the City of Philadelphia will operate on a two-hour delay tomorrow morning, Friday, January 18, 2019. Archdiocesan high schools and parochial elementary schools in the suburban counties normally follow the decision of their corresponding local public school […]
TSA Employees Of Philadelphia International Airport Impacted By Government Shutdown Get A Boost From Nutritional Development Services And Catholic Social Services’ Southwest Family Service Center
January 17th, 2019Union employees of Philadelphia International Airport impacted by the government shutdown and in need of food assistance got a boost thanks to a partnership between two agencies Nutritional Development Services and Catholic Social Services’ Southwest Family Service Center.
ARCHBISHOP CHAPUT’S WEEKLY COLUMN: MARCHING FOR LIFE, 2019
January 17th, 2019This month marks the 46th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, which effectively legalized abortion on demand. It also marks another annual March for Life, this year on January 18. It’s a time to look back and look ahead.
USCCB: National Catholic Schools Week Begins January 27-February 2; With the Theme, “Catholic Schools: Learn. Serve. Lead. Succeed.”
January 16th, 2019Archdiocese of Philadelphia to Host Annual Commemoration Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 15th, 2019This year’s gathering will feature a performance by the Philadelphia Catholic Gospel Choir followed by a special keynote address. The presenter will be Most Reverend Edward K. Braxton, Bishop of Belleville, Illinois.
A DELEGATION OF OVER 3,000 FROM THE ARCHDIOCESE OF PHILADELPHIA TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2019 MARCH FOR LIFE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
January 14th, 2019The Annual March for Life is a national event promoting the respect and protection of
all human life from conception to natural death.
Archdiocese of Philadelphia Presents Song of the Supper of the Lamb
January 14th, 2019The Office for Divine Worship of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia presents Song of the Supper of the Lamb, a workshop focusing on how an authentic understanding of the Christian Mystery is the starting point for understanding the Church’s norms for liturgical music. Tuesday, January 22, 2019 7:00 p.m. Archdiocesan Pastoral Center Auditorium 222 North 17th […]
ARCHDIOCESE OF PHILADELPHIA PLACES ONE PRIEST ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AND ANNOUNCES TWO OTHERS HAVE BEEN FOUND UNSUITABLE FOR MINISTRY
January 13th, 2019Reverend Monsignor Joseph L. Logrip has been placed on administrative leave and his priestly faculties have been restricted following an allegation that he sexually abused a minor in the early 1980s.
Reverend John F. Meyers and Reverend Raymond W. Smart previously had their priestly faculties restricted. Both have been found unsuitable for ministry based on substantiated allegations that they sexually abused minors in the early 1980s.