As the City of Philadelphia prepares to host the 2015 World Meeting of Families and Pope Francis in September, the World Meeting of Families – Philadelphia 2015 (WMOF), with the City of Philadelphia and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, today announced that the Papal Visit Playbook, a comprehensive online guide for residents across the region to assist in planning for the weekend of September 26-27, is now available to the public

Next month, on September 8, marks four years since I arrived as archbishop. It’s exactly halfway through my ministry here. I’ll be 75 four years from now, in September 2019. That’s the mandatory retirement age for bishops. So today is a good day to stop and reflect. We’re here to talk about the World Meeting of Families.

As the City of Philadelphia prepares to host the 2015 World Meeting of Families and Pope Francis in September, the World Meeting of Families – Philadelphia 2015 (WMOF), with the City of Philadelphia and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, today announced that the Papal Visit Playbook, a comprehensive online guide for residents across the region to assist in planning for the weekend of September 26-27, will be available to the public on Monday, August 24 at 12 p.m. EST.

La columna de esta semana es adaptada del discurso ofrecido por el arzobispo Chaput en el club Union League de Filadelfia, el 13 de agosto.

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia today announced a three-fold increase in its priestly vocations this year with 20 new seminarians enrolling in Saint Charles Seminary as compared to 2014. The increase is the largest in over ten years and capitalizes on the transformation now taking place at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary.

As the City of Philadelphia prepares to host the 2015 World Meeting of Families and the Papal Visit, the World Meeting of Families – Philadelphia 2015 (WMOF) and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) have announced that buses registered with GO GROUND, the official transportation management partner of the World Meeting of Families, will be permitted to access restricted roadways and off ramps, including I- 76 during the Papal Visit weekend.

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia will release the latest new priestly vocation numbers and announce a new vocation grassroots and parish-based recruitment program building on the momentum of Pope Francis’ visit to Philadelphia and Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary this September. The new vocation increases and the new grassroots vocation recruitment program build on the transformation now taking place at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary.

The College and Theology Division seminarians of Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary will return to campus to mark the start of the academic year on Tuesday, August 18th beginning with registration and moving-in to the dorms.

The Office of Catholic Education and Faith in the Future are proud to announce that Sister Maureen Lawrence McDermott, IHM, who has served as Principal of Bishop Shanahan High School in Downingtown for the last 14 years, has been named Superintendent of Secondary Schools for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia effective October 1, 2015.

Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary today announced a revitalization of its music program with the appointment of Rudolph A. Lucente as Director of Sacred Music and Michael Stairs to the new position of Artist in Residence. Both men are recognized organists in the Philadelphia region and perform together as part of the Philadelphia Organ Quartet.