Church merger taken on faith
Adrienne Mand reports on St. Anthony of Padua Church in Chester whose 790 members will lose their 86 year old church to a 1993 archdiocesan consolidation. St. Anthony’s will close June 20 as part of merging six Chester parishes under Cardinal Bevilacqua.
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Chester
Rose Zappala
Brookhaven
St. Anthony of Padua
St. Anthony’s
Archdiocese of Philadelphia
St. Hedwig’s
Sacred Heart Church
Clifton Heights
Katharine Drexel
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Anthony J. Bevilacqua
Bevilacqua
Council of Priests
St. Michael's
Resurrection of Our Lord
St. Robert’s
Blessed Katharine Drexel
St. Anthony's
Committee To
St. Anthony
Archdiocese
St Anthony’s Italian Parish Closes After Archdiocese Dispute
The St Anthony parish in Brookhaven ends its worship site amid a battle with the archdiocese over the status of the Italian Personal Parish. The church announced its last services next week though a $1.4 million trust with the archdiocese was cited as a rebuttal to claims of financial liability. Parishioners express grief and resentment, saying they feel abandoned as they plan to attend Immaculate Conception in Marcus Hook.
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Blessed Katharine Drexel
Immaculate Conception
Marcus Hook
St. Anthony
Zappala
Bevilacqua
Brookhaven
Joseph A. Ferrone
St. Anthony’s
St. Hedwig’s
Gas main break prompts two hour evacuation in Upper Darby
A contractor digging hit a high pressure gas line at 69th and Ludlow streets causing a two hour evacuation of the 69th Street business district. Fire officials said PECO crews capped the leak after about 40 minutes while police and fire units evacuated stores banks and residences and treated three injured people at Delaware County Memorial Hospital.
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Upper Darby
69Th Street
69Th
Ludlow
Market
Chestnut Streets
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Township
John Hicks
Linda Calloway
Philadelphia
Kids Wear
S. 69Th St
Calloway
Street
McDonald’s Restaurant
McDonald’s
Upper Darby Fire Co. No. 3
Hicks
Cardington Stonehurst Fire Co
Highland Park Fire Co
Bon Air Air Bank of
Havertown
SEPTA
Peleg
Lice
Edward Cubler
Peco Energy
Penn Construction Co
Malvern
Hines Teeta
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