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April 15, 2008

ARCHDIOCESE OF PHILADELPHIA - FACT SHEET
FOR PAPAL VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES

Friday, April 18, 2008 after 11:30 a.m.: Interview opportunity - speak with Seminarians from Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary before they depart for New York. To set up interviews please contact: Dan Skalski, Communications Coordinator, Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary at 610-785-6219 (office) or 609-335-0714 (cell).

Saturday, April 19, 2008 at 9:15 a.m.: Mass for Priests, Deacons and Members of Religious Order at St. Patrick's Cathedral: 30 from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia attending

Saturday, April 19, 2008 at 4:30 p.m.: The Holy Father to meet with young Catholics at St. Joseph Seminary in Yonkers:
7:00 a.m.:
150 Seminarians from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary will be departing for this meeting with the Holy Father

Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 2:30 p.m.: Mass at Yankee Stadium
· 3,020 faithful from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are attending
· 1 altar server
· 59 host parishes and institutions
· 61 buses are departing from various points throughout the Archdiocese at 7 a.m.
· 3 buses of high school students
· 3 buses of Catholic college students and
· 1 bus of people with special needs
Photo Opportunities: Buses are departing at 7 a.m. from the following places:
· Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul Parish, 18th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Center City, Philadelphia
· Saint William Parish, 6200 Rising Sun Avenue, Lawncrest, Northeast Philadelphia
· Saint Bede the Venerable Parish, 1071 Holland Avenue, Holland, Bucks County
· Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls, 1000 West Lycoming Street, Northeast Philadelphia
· West Philadelphia Catholic High School, 4501 Chestnut Street, West Philadelphia

Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 1:30 p.m.: St. John Bosco Parish Gymnasium, 235 East County Line Road, Hatboro, Montgomery County - Watch the Pope Party: Parishioners will watch the Papal Mass at Yankee Stadium on a 12-foot screen in the St. John Bosco Gymnasium.

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Contact
Meredith Wilson
Communications Specialist
215-587-3747

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