Recap of “To Touch a Saint: Creating a Place for Middle School Students” Grant Program!

..., the grant entitled, To Touch a Saint: Creating a Place for Middle School Students, brought students, staff, and chaperones to the CHRC for a two-hour plus+ program. Through April and May of 2019, the CHRC, located in Northeast Philadelphia in the former Our Lady of Ransom School, had 572

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Newman Centers

...ics attending University of Pennsylvania, which was greater than the total number of students attending the five local Catholic Colleges.[5] It should be noted that at this time two different Catholic organizations operated at the University of Pennsylvania. First was the Catholic Student’s Organization Committee (replaced the defunct Newman Club),

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Roman Catholic and Archdiocese High Schools

...bs. By 1964 there were 26 high schools in the archdiocese with over 60,000 students.[12] Roman Catholic students, 1990, Halvey collection 174H However, as the schools expanded, the growing lack of priests and religious meant more lay teachers were needed to fill the gaps. As the costs to run the

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