The Rev. Mr. James R. Casey, 29, son of Patricia and the late William E. Casey, will be ordained to the priesthood by Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua on

Saturday, May 20, 2000
10:00 a.m.
Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
18th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia

Father Casey attended Thomas J. Lahey School, Greenlawn, N.Y., North Port High School, N.Y., and S.U.N.Y. College at Old Westbury, N.Y. before entering St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood.

Father Casey will offer his First Mass on

Sunday, May 21, 2000
2:30 p.m.
St. Ignatius of Antioch Church
999 Reading Avenue
Yardley

The concelebrants are Reverend Monsignor Samuel Shoemaker and Reverend Peter Funk. The homilist is Reverend Henry J. McKee, and the deacons are Rev. Mr. Robert Burns and Rev. Mr. Richard Nightingale.

There are ten men in the Class of 2000. At the end of May, each of the newly ordained priests will be assigned to a parish in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia where they will serve as parochial vicars. A parochial vicar is a priest appointed by the Cardinal to assist the pastor of a parish.

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Donna Crilley
Communications Specialist
215-587-3747