In August 2014, he became pastor here at Saint Augustine Parish in Philadelphia. On August 6, 2004, Father Bill became pastor of Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish in Methuen and Lawrence, a position which he held until June 2008 when he became a member of the Campus Ministry team at Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts. Mary’s, the parish in 2001 was named one of the 300 excellent parishes in the country by the Parish Congregation Study team led by Paul Wilkes. Mary Immaculate Conception Parish in Lawrence (1997-2004). He then served as pastor at Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Parish in Jamaica, New York (1993-97) and then pastor of St. He was the Vicar for the Lawrence Vicariate from 1991 to 1993. He returned to Lawrence as pastor of Saint Augustine Parish (1984-93). At that time, he served as the Spiritual Director for the Cursillo movement for the Archdiocese of Washington. He then served as Vocation Director for the East Coast Augustinians (1975-79) and then Director of Students at Augustinian College in Washington, DC for the Augustinians who were preparing for solemn vows and/or ordination. His first assignment was as Parochial Vicar at Saint Augustine Parish in Lawrence, Massachusetts (1971–75). After receiving a Master’s Degree Education (Villanova University, 1968) and a Master’s in Theology (Washington Theological Union,1971) he was ordained a priest on August 28, 1971. Bill joined the Augustinian community, professed his first vows as an Augustinian on September 10, 1966. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire. After graduating from Malvern Prep in 1961, he continued his education at St. Bill, the youngest of 6 children, grew up in the Mount Airy and Germantown sections of Philadelphia. Your gift will strengthen the fabric of our entire Catholic community and sustain as your trusted news source.Fr. Please join in the church's vital mission of communications by offering a gift in whatever amount that you can ― a single gift of $40, $50, $100, or more, or a monthly donation. A small, automated monthly donation means you can support us continually and easily.A $20 gift lets us obtain solid faith formation resources that can deepen your spirituality and knowledge of the faith.A $50 gift enables us to cover a news event in a local parish, school or Catholic institution.A $100 gift allows us to present award-winning photos of Catholic life in our neighborhoods.(Gina Christian)Ĭ works to strengthen the connections between people, families and communities every day by delivering the news people need to know about the Catholic Church, especially in the Philadelphia region, and the world in which we live.īy your donation in any amount, you and hundreds of other people become part of our mission to inform, form in the Catholic faith and inspire the thousands of readers who visit every month. Rita Place, the sixth affordable senior housing unit built by the Philadelphia Archdiocese, will provide 46 age- and income-qualified apartments while housing the National Shrine of St. (Gina Christian)Įach one-bedroom apartment at St. Rita Place relaxed in their new community room following the building’s Nov. Suzanne O’Grady Laurito, assistant director of Catholic Housing and Community Services, guided Archbishop Nelson Pérez through the newly opened St. Rita Place complex on Broad Street, inspects a unit’s senior-accessible bathroom, which features grip bars and in-shower seating. South Philadelphia native Joseph Corsey, one of 46 older adults who will move into the new St. Rita Place with several residents following the Nov. Rita Place.Īrchbishop Nelson Pérez toured St. Dwight Evans (right) and City Councilman Mark Squilla (left) at the Nov. 10 dedication.Īrchbishop Nelson Pérez greeted U.S. Rita Place began a decade prior to its Nov. Heather Huot, director of archdiocesan Catholic Housing and Community Services, noted that development of St. Rita Place, the sixth affordable senior living complex opened by the Philadelphia Archdiocese.ĭozens of funding and development partners attended the Nov. 10 dedication ceremony, Archbishop Nelson Pérez blesses the South Philadelphia-based St. Rita Place, an archdiocesan affordable senior housing complex in South Philadelphia built with the support of multiple private and government partners and formally dedicated by the archbishop Nov. Archbishop Nelson Pérez and Philadelphia City Councilman Kenyatta Johnson stand before St.
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