Roman Catholic and Archdiocese High Schools

...d girls for the entire city, both quickly became overcrowded. Due to this, West Catholic for boys was opened in 1916 as an attempt to lessen the burden on Roman. However, by 1925, Roman still had 12 different annexes throughout the city as the main building could not hold all

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Monsignor Francis X. Meehan

...s ordained in 1961 in Philadelphia, serving the parishes of Saint Agnes in West Chester, Saint Thomas Aquinas in Croydon, Most Blessed Sacrament and Saint Anthony of Padua in Philadelphia, and Saint Eugene in Primos. Like his brothers, Joseph also entered the world of teaching and taught Religion at Cardinal

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The Immaculata Mighty Macs

...ing, jumping, and reveling in the opportunity to play hard. Immaculata vs. West Chester, 1974 The 1972 championship team just barely made it into the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) tournament that year. (The NCAA Women's Division Championship was not inaugurated until the 1981-82 season.) Though the team

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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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