Through the generosity of the Connelly Foundation, The Josephine C. Connelly Achievement Awards were presented to 139 eighth-grade students on May 13 and May 14, 2003. The presentations took place at two sites, West Catholic High School in West Philadelphia and Archbishop Ryan High School in Northeast Philadelphia.

Each recipient receives a yearly $1,000 tuition credit for each of the four years the student attends an Archdiocesan or Mercy Vocational High School. The awards are presented to students who strive to achieve their fullest academic potential. Every parochial elementary school in Philadelphia county is invited to participate. The number of recipients is determined by enrollment, and preference is given to students who demonstrate financial need.

The 2003 Josephine C. Connelly Achievement Award Winners


St. Barnabas - William C. Razzano, Jr. , Jessica Murphy
St. Cyprian - Kyle Green, Marquis Miller
SS. Clement-Irenaeus - Jade Adams
St. Donato - Anthony J. Barbera, III
St. Francis de Sales - Roxanne M. Pogue, Maria Eloisa Carambo
St. Ignatius of Loyola - Fatima McDaniels
Our Lady of Lourdes - Christine DeAngelis
Our Lady of the Rosary - Melchisedech Carter
Our Lady of Victory - Brittany Fulton
Our Mother of Sorrows - Amanda A. Benjamin
St. Rose of Lima - Domonique Thomas
St. Anne - Anne Dougherty, Samantha A. Byers
St. Boniface - Victoria Spencer
St. Francis Xavier - Jozef Jozefowski
Holy Name of Jesus - Jack Potchen
Holy Redeemer - Jenny Sy
St. Laurentius - Melanie Horvath
St. Malachy - David R. Payne
St. Martin de Porres (Lehigh) - Jamilah Gibbs, Gloria Baker
St. Mary Interparochial - Kirby Santore
St. Peter the Apostle - Alexandros Chatzistamatis
Visitation BVM - Amarylis Zayas
Annunciation BVM - Irene Huynh
St. Casimir - Ashley Davis
St. Charles Borromeo - Daisean Smith
Epiphany of Our Lord - Brittany de Meo, Dana D'Amore
Holy Spirit - Brittany Giusini
St. Monica - Danielle Sandefur, Jeffrey Orapallo, Irene Tran
St. Nicholas of Tolentine - Amber D'Agostino, Nikki Lattera
Our Lady of Angels - Dana Fortuna
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel - Jill Birch, Paige Leemon
St. Richard - Lisa Rose Donatucci
Sacred Heart of Jesus - Briana McGarrigle
Stella Maris - Anthony Del Rossi
St. Thomas Aquinas - Joe Johnson, Kennara Sok
St. Athanasius-Immaculate Conception - Paul Howard
St. Benedict - Mylia Matthews
St. Bridget - Margaret J. Deviney
Holy Cross - Brittany Haynes
Holy Family - Michael Wixted
Immaculate Heart of Mary - Kevin Peter Binns, Stephanie Strunk
St. John the Baptist (Manayunk) - Jennifer Donnelly, Keith Samarco
St. Josaphat (Manayunk) - Kelly Ann Monaghan
St. Lucy - Kaelyn Farrell
St. Martin de Porres (Logan Street) - Demetrius Fountain
St. Mary of the Assumption - Amanda Benz
Our Mother of Consolation - Mark Zakrzewski
St. Raymond - Darryl Chisom
St. Therese of the Child Jesus - Donte Fisher
St. Adalbert - Diana Landers
All Saints - Lance C. Stolle
St. Ambrose - Shannon Laxton
Ascension of Our Lord - Kelly Anne Whitfield
St. George -Christopher P. Newton
St. Helena -Kelly Brady
Holy Innocents - Brittany Gallagher, Dennis Janda
St. Hugh of Cluny - Steven Morales
Incarnation of Our Lord - Juliette Candelaria, Crystal Fuentes
St. Joachim - Thomas Lapteff
St. Joan of Arc - Stephen Haban
St. John Cantius - Ian Wagner
Mater Dolorosa - Anthony M. DeLuca
Mother of Divine Grace - Elise Baehr
Nativity BVM - David Rad, Chelsea Dever
Our Lady Help of Christians - Krissten Appenzeller
Our Lady of Hope - Jhanaya Kennerly
St. Veronica - Miane Morte
St. Anselm - James Fischer, Jr., Sara Sullivan, Gia Nicole Yannuzzi
St. Bartholomew - Paul Emmett, Francine Krause
St. Bernard - Marissa Binns, Kelli Kosiek, Natalie Mucerino
St. Cecilia - Rebecca Bailey, Patricia Zawacki, Jacqueline Smith, Marie Theresa DeLeo
Christ the King - Jessica McIlhenny, Bonnie Halloran
St. Christopher - Brian Hall, William Rusden, Brianna McKenna, Jeanine Staab
St. Dominic - Gina Garboni, Matthew McGuckin
St. Jerome - Megan Elizabeth Dingley, Leo Kennedy, Kathryn Devine
St. Katherine of Siena - Andrew Partyka, Patrick Schmidt, Charles Szell
St. Leo - David Litchfield
St. Martha - Andrew Lapatina, Jillian Panepresso
St. Martin of Tours - Monica Ricci, Kaitlyn Condon, Samantha McGovern, David Austin
Maternity BVM - Eric Matthew D'Andrea, Shannon Marie Roach, Kelly Ann Williams
St. Matthew - Brian Nolan, Melissa Kairis, Tara O'Neill, Linda Piecyk
Our Lady of Calvary - Allison Hutz, Chantal Mackle, Jennilyn Wambach, Matthew Ciabattoni
Our Lady of Consolation - Michael Marone
Our Lady of Ransom - Elise Schneiderreit, Stephen McDermott
Resurrection of Our Lord - Colin A. Frey, Kimberly Robinson, Lindsay Marie Young
St. Timothy - Rebecca Solitario, Justin Wood, Sylvia Voinea
St. William - Colleen Cara Costello, Brian C. Johnson, Kyle P. Pleis


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