The tellers led by Jim Agnew and Gene Klaiber, the ushers, programs for our teenagers all these efforts supporting the spiritual growth of all members of our parish family.” The many organizations, the CCD Program under Jackie Maude, the lunch mothers, Pat Kane with St. “The guitar group with Walt Stevenson the lectors and cantors floral arrangements by Jean Gretzinger with Dolores Loftus and Eileen Taddei and the altar linens our music programs and our outstanding choir. “I remember the wonderful people that helped make our liturgies, week after week and year after year,” he said. He also spoke about the fairs, the dances, the shows and the many other efforts to raise funds.Īrchbishop Charles Chaput, left, celebrated the parish’s 50th anniversary Mass June 1, along with the pastor, Msgr. White, who spoke at the 50 th anniversary Mass celebrated on June 1 by Archbishop Chaput, recalled how his children and now two grandchildren attended school at St. Alphonsus was the wine and cheese reception for new members.
When Dave White and his wife Arlene moved into the parish in 1972, they quickly realized the parish had a sense of style.
Thomas Owens, the current pastor, dedicated a new Prayer Garden to the Blessed Mother on May 26. The founding pastor is also responsible for the construction of the Holy Family Grotto, which reflects the guardianship of the Holy Family over the Church. 31, 1965, the Feast of Christ the King, Father Lenahan celebrated the first Mass at the newly built parish church. 8, 1964, under the direction of four Religious Sisters of Mercy and four lay teachers. Meanwhile a parish school was already up and running. This would be the site of parish Sunday Masses for the next 23 months until the parish church was built and ready for occupancy. Alphonsus Ligouri.įounded June 4, 1963, with 350 parishioners, the first Mass wasn’t until July 7, and it was held at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Newtown Road and Limekiln Pike. Its name was chosen by the founding pastor, Father Daniel Lenahan, because of his great respect for the great founder of the Redemptorists, St. In 1963, as part of the great migration of Catholics from the Philadelphia core to its outlying areas and the suburbs, nine parishes were founded.
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