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The Roman Catholic High School of Philadelphia is a Catholic high school for boys in Philadelphia. It was founded by Thomas E. Cahill in 1890 as the first free Catholic high school in the nation. The school is located at the intersection of Broad and Vine streets in Center City Philadelphia, and is managed by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Circa 2007 the Holy Name Catholic School and St. Anne's Catholic School closed, with students accepted at St. Laurentius. [39] In 2012 the archdiocese considered closing the school, but kept it open after the school community appealed. [37] St. Martha School; St. Mary Interparochial School (Society Hill)
Northeast Catholic High School opened in 1926 as Northeast Catholic High School for Boys, and was located at 1842 East Torresdale Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was under the administration of the high school system of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia and its sports teams participated in the Philadelphia Catholic League .
The Philadelphia Catholic League is a high school sports league composed (as of the 2012-13 year) of 18 Catholic High Schools in Philadelphia and the surrounding Pennsylvania suburbs. The league itself was founded in the summer of 1920 on the steps of Villanova academy (now Alumni Hall on Villanova University 's campus) by Monsignor Bonner.
CDHS marching band at the World Music Championship 1966. Cardinal Dougherty High School (CDHS) was a private, Roman Catholic high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.It was located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia and established in the East Oak Lane section of Philadelphia at 6301 North Second Street.
In 1945, 54,000 fans saw Southern West Philadelphia Catholic High School for Boys, 18–13. [5] In 1984, West Catholic High School for Boys was one of sixty recognized by the Council of American Private Education as an exemplary high school. [6] The school colors were blue and white and its motto was Pro Deo et Patria (For God and Country).
Cardinal O'Hara High School is a coeducational Catholic high school of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The school is named after John Francis O'Hara who was Roman Catholic Archbishop of Philadelphia from 1951 to 1960. It is located in Marple Township, Pennsylvania, and was officially opened for the first time in 1963.
West Catholic has won a number of men's basketball championships: Brother Michael Quinlan- 1921; Jocko McGarry- 1931; Pat Conway- 1938; Joe Langan- 1949; Jim Usilton, Jr- 1952, 1953, 1955; Bill Ludlow- 1959; In 1971 West Philadelphia Catholic High School for Girls won the city championship at the Palestra.