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March 23, 2023

West Catholic Preparatory High School Boys’ Basketball Team to Play in PIAA 3A State Championship Game

WCPHS community to hold pep rally as team departs for Hershey. The West Catholic Preparatory High School (WCPHS) Boys’ Basketball Team will contend for the first state title in program history when they play Deer Lake High School from Cheswick (Allegheny County). The WCPHS community will gather for a pep rally ahead of the teams’ […]

March 23, 2023

Archbishop John Carroll High School Girls’ Basketball Team to Play in PIAA 6A State Championship

Archbishop Carroll community to cheer team at sendoff before they depart for Hershey. The Archbishop John Carroll High School (ACHS) Girls’ Basketball Team from Radnor (Delaware County) will contend for the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) 6A State Championship when they play Cedar Cliff from Camp Hill (Cumberland County). The ACHS community will line the […]

March 16, 2023

Archdiocese of Philadelphia Publishes Audited Financial Statements for Additional Entities for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2022

Late last year, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia published audited financial statements for the Office for Financial Services, its Pastoral Center entity, as well as the Philadelphia Theological Seminary of Saint Charles Borromeo for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022.

March 13, 2023

Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary to Award Professor Helen M. Alvaré Honorary Degree During Seminary’s 2023 Concursus

Professor Alvaré will give the Concursus keynote address to seminary graduates

March 9, 2023

Saint Martin de Porres Parish Priest to Walk 26-miles to Raise Funds to Benefit Wheelchair Bound Parishioners

In keeping with Lent’s practice of prayer, reflection, and sacrifice, Father Addisalem Mekonnen will journey on foot from Philadelphia to Doylestown  

March 9, 2023

Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Secondary Schools to Open Their Doors to 7th Grade Students Throughout the Region for Universal Visitation Day

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is hosting a common universal visitation day for all of its high schools throughout the five-county region.   Seventh grade students throughout the metropolitan area have the opportunity to explore one of the sixteen high schools in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in depth.  This initiative allows prospective high school students to […]

March 8, 2023

Archbishop Pérez Invites Faithful Throughout the Region to Take Part in Reconciliation Weekend

Reconciliation Weekend is part of the local observance of the national three-year Eucharistic Revival called for by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

March 7, 2023

Most Reverend Nelson J. Pérez to Celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day Commemorative Mass

The theme for the 251st Saint Patrick’s Day Parade in Philadelphia is Saint Patrick, Let There be Peace.

March 6, 2023

Archbishop Pérez to Celebrate the Annual Cultural Heritage Mass

Representatives from approximately 28 different national, ethnic, and/or Eastern Catholic Church traditions will participate throughout the Liturgy.