Holy Redeemer School to Celebrate the Chinese New Year with a School-Wide Celebration

Holy Redeemer School will present its annual Chinese New Year performance on Tuesday, February 14^th.  After a brief hiatus due to COVID-19, Holy Redeemer School will resume this much loved and decades-long tradition of ushering in the Chinese New Year with a show featuring performances by all students.  The program will include music, dance, drama, and the traditional lion dance

Tuesday, February 14, 2023
12:00 p.m.
Holy Redeemer School
915 Vine St
Philadelphia, PA 19107

The start of the Chinese New Year varies from calendar year to calendar year as it is based on the lunar calendar.  This new year began on January 22, 2023 and is traditionally celebrated for at least two weeks.  Each year is represented by one of twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac.  This is the Year of the Rabbit. 

Holy Redeemer is the first Catholic parish built in the United States specifically for Chinese Catholics.  In 1939, Bishop (later Cardinal) Paul Yu Pin of Nanking, China, visited Philadelphia.  Upon meeting Dennis Cardinal Dougherty and discovering that there was only one Chinese Catholic family in Philadelphia, the Archdiocese began evangelization and service in the Chinese Community.  For 80 years Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic School has educated children of immigrant families.  Many of its students speak English as a second language.

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Editor’s Note:

 For more information about Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic Church and School, please visit https://holyredeemerccc.org/. For information about Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, please visit aopcatholicschools.org/.

Contact:

Bonnie Olinger
Communications Specialist
215-587-3747 (office)