St. Rose Goes and Goretti, Gone
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced school closures and mergers today
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has announced that, locally, St. Rose of Lima Parish School, in North Wales, will merge with St. Stanislaus Parish School in Lansdale at the St. Stanislaus site. St. Maria Goretti, in Hatfield Township, will merge with Corpus Christi School in Upper Gwynedd, at Corpus Christi. The Archdiocese made the formal announcement at 4 p.m., streamed live at http://archphila.org. Lansdale Catholic High School was saved in the closures and mergers, and The Reporter in Lansdale garnered comment from that school's principal and president. Archbishop Charles Chaput said the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission were what the Archdiocese needed for its future. "Finally, I'm convinced that, as we take this report to…
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Lisa Joyce Grosso
2:44 pm on Thursday, August 23, 2012
Well now they have closed so many down that there are not enough spaces and nothing but waiting lists. They went from one extreme to another....... more ›