Bishop John J. McIntyre will preside over the dedication and blessing of the Fatima Catholic Outreach Center, a partnership of Catholic Social Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Saint Mary Medical Center.

El obispo John J. McIntyre presidirá sobre la dedicación y bendición del Centro Católico de Fátima, una colaboración de Servicios Sociales Católicos de la Arquidiócesis de Filadelfia y Saint Mary Medical Center.

The World Meeting of Families – Philadelphia 2015 today announced the launch of the new Spanish versions of the conference’s Facebook and Twitter account: Encuentro Mundial de las Familias – Filadelfia 2015 and @WMF2015ES.

In July of 2013, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia published audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012. The financial statements disclosed a $39.2 million operating deficit for that period as well as very significant underfunded balance sheet liabilities that measured in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

As part of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Honorable Nelson Diaz, former Judge for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, will visit Catholic Social Services’ Casa del Carmen to speak about his experience with law school and pursuing a career in law with students in the Out of School Time Program.

One of the great needs we have as adult Catholics is to deepen our faith and stay current in its application to issues we face as a culture. Providing ways to do that is the motive behind the “Archbishop’s Lecture Series,” organized and led very well by Meghan Cokeley in our Office for the New Evangelization.

Saint Callistus Church and Saint Laurentius Church will no longer serve as worship sites of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish and Holy Name of Jesus Parish, respectively, and will close as Roman Catholic Churches

At this time of year, it is my annual pleasure to greet the local Jewish community on the occasion of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. I join the clergy and people of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in extending to area Jews our prayerful best wishes at this sacred time.

Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. has invited all people to participate in a worldwide Day of Prayer on Sunday, September 28th for the Synod of Bishops on the Family. This Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops will take place from October 5 – 19 in Vatican City on topics related to the pastoral challenges to the family and evangelization.