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2010 SCHOLARSHIP BANQUET TO HONOR BISHOP MAGINNIS The Archdiocesan Office for Black Catholics will hold a Banquet to support the Monsignor John Mitchell Memorial Scholarship on Friday, November 5, 2010, at the Sheraton Philadelphia Center City Hotel, 17th & Race Streets. In 2008, Archdiocese of Philadelphia received a bequest to fund a scholarship in honor of Monsignor John T. Mitchell. Msgr. Mitchell served as a priest of the Archdiocese from 1939 – 1981. During that time, he was the Pastor of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Saint Francis de Sales Parishes in West Philadelphia, where he was known for his faithful ministry to African American Catholics. He also founded Saint Ignatius Nursing Home in West Philadelphia. The Scholarship Fund has assisted 19 high school students since its founding. This year’s honoree is Most Reverend Robert P. Maginnis, Retired Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia and Founding Chairman of the Scholarship Fund. For more information and to purchase tickets, please contact Reverend Stephen Thorne, Office for Black Catholics at (215) 587-3634 or frsthorn@adphila.org. |
| Date: | Friday, November 5, 2010 |
| Time: | 6:00pm-9:00pm |
| Duration: | 180 minutes |
| Access: | Public |
| Created by: | archevents |
| Updated: | Monday, October 25, 2010 9:57am |