Posted June 7, 2019

Graduating seniors from the 17 archdiocesan high schools in the Philadelphia Archdiocese earned a record cumulative amount of college scholarships this year totaling more than $396 million. Representative students from the schools gathered May 31 at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center in Philadelphia to celebrate the achievement.

In a separate event, the 30 National Merit Scholarship recipients from the archdiocesan high schools met May 21 in the multi-media room of Roman Catholic High School’s new Howard Center in Philadelphia. (Photos by Sarah Webb)

  • Students represent their schools at the cumulative scholarship announcement event.

  • Joining students at the announcement of the cumulative scholarships earned by the archdiocesan class of 2019 were (from left) Irene Horstmann Hannan, chief executive officer of Faith in the Future Foundation, which has operated the schools since 2012; Ken Gavin, emcee of the event and chief communications officer for the Philadelphia Archdiocese; and Sister Maureen Lawrence McDermott, I.H.M., chief academic officer and superintendent of secondary schools for the archdiocesan Office of Catholic Education.

  • The group proudly displays how much the graduating seniors of the archdiocesan high schools earned this year in college scholarships: $396,517,099.

  • Four graduating seniors of Pope John Paul II High School attend the event recognizing them as recipients of the National Merit Scholarship.

  • All the National Merit Scholars gather for a photo in the multimedia room of the new Howard Center at Roman Catholic High School.

  • Seniors from Archbishop Ryan High School celebrate their reception of the National Merit Scholarship.