The Rev. Mr. Patrick J. Welsh, 27, son of James and Patricia Welsh, 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 Welsh attended Visitation B.V.M. School, Trooper, and Bishop Kenrick High School, Norristown, before entering St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood.

Father Welsh will offer his First Mass on

Sunday, May 21, 2000
3:00 p.m.
Visitation B.V.M. Church
196 N. Trooper Road
Trooper

Concelebrants are Reverend Reverend Anthony Dieckhaus, Reverend Joseph Dieckhaus and Reverend Daniel Donovan, C.M. The homilist is Reverend Vincent F. Welsh.

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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