The Office of Catholic Education will host the championship round of the Archdiocesan Elementary School Religion Bee. Ten students who attend parish and regional elementary schools throughout the five-county region will compete following their progression through local and regional religion bees.

The competition will be streamed live on the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Schools’ Facebook Page @AOPSschools.

10:00 a.m.
Friday, April 8, 2022
Saint John Neumann Center
1039 North Lawrence Street
Philadelphia, PA 19123

Religion Bees were held at thirty-nine Archdiocesan elementary schools, private Catholic Schools, and Independence Mission Schools throughout the five-county region. Students representing grades five through eight were eligible to participate. 

Thirty-nine students participated in two preliminary rounds. The first round was held on Tuesday, March 29 at Archbishop Ryan High School (ARHS) in Northeast section Philadelphia. The second round was held on Wednesday, March 30 at Cardinal O’Hara High School (COHS) in Springfield (Delaware County).

The final round will include six students who participated in the Religion Bee held at ARHS and four students who participated in the Religion Bee held at COHS.

The finalists competing for the championship include:

• Keira Bethke (8^th Grade), Saint Anastasia School in Newtown Square (Delaware County);
• Samuel Breen (6^th Grade), Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in Doylestown (Bucks County);
• Steven Chan (8^th Grade), Saint Andrew School in Drexel Hill (Delaware County);
• Antell Cole (8^th Grade), Saint Laurence School in Upper Darby (Delaware County);
• Isabel DaCosta (8^th Grade), Saint Cecilia School in the Fox Chase section of Philadelphia;
• Lucia Jackominic (7^th Grade), Saint Anthony of Padua Regional Catholic School in Philadelphia;
• Julia Martin (5^th Grade), Saint Anselm School in Northeast Philadelphia;
• Adrian Manzur (8^th Grade), Saint Jerome School in Philadelphia;
• Finn McCabe (8^th Grade), Saints Colman – John Neumann School in Bryn Mawr (Montgomery County); and
• Michael Rapone (8^th Grade), Saint Francis Xavier School in the Fairmount section of Philadelphia.

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 Editor’s Note:

For information about Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, please visit aopcatholicschools.org/. For additional information about the Saint John Neumann Center at the Shrine of Saint John Neumann, please visit stjohnneumann.org/the-shrine/st-john-neumann-center/.

Meredith Wilson
Media and Events Specialist
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