Core operating deficit shrinks to less than $1 million; balance sheet improvements continue.

As with any other family, life in a local Church goes on, even after a wonderful visit from the Pope and an important world synod of bishops. For most Catholics, faith is learned and lived at the parish level.

Como con cualquier otra familia, la vida en una Iglesia local continúa, incluso después de una maravillosa visita del papa y un importante sínodo mundial de obispos. Para la mayoría de los católicos, la fe es aprendida y vivida en el ámbito parroquial.

New affordable senior housing building brings new life to former elementary school building

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia Vocation Office for the Diocesan Priesthood will host Hispanic Family Day at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, PA.

Forty of the best mock trial teams from across seven countries competed in this invitation-only tournament, which was held at the United States Courthouse for the Eastern District of New York

Catholic Social Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Out of School Time Programs will sponsor a Lights On Afterschool event to showcase the talent of the over 2000 at-risk youth in Philadelphia served by its programs.

In less than a week I’ll be home in Philadelphia and hopefully – finally – back to the normal life of a great diocese. I use that word “great” deliberately. What makes Philadelphia unique is not its legacy, or industries, or universities, or cultural centers. All these things are important, but they’re just words until we remember the people who give them life.

En menos de una semana estaré en casa en Filadelfia y espero –finalmente– de regreso a la vida normal de una gran diócesis; uso deliberadamente la palabra «gran». Lo que hace único a Filadelfia no es su legado, o industrias o universidades o centros culturales. Todas estas cosas son importantes, pero son sólo palabras hasta que recordamos a las personas que les dan vida.

The StoneMor Scholars initiative was announced in August 2015 and provides one freshman student at each Archdiocese of Philadelphia high school with a partial scholarship, in the amount of $3,000 per scholar, during the 2015-2016 school year.