Posted September 27, 2018

Students of St. Matthew School in Northeast Philadelphia, ranging from kindergarten to eighth grade, joined parishioners on Friday, Sept. 21 at the church on Cottman Avenue for a liturgy celebrating the feast of St. Matthew. Father Patrick Welsh, parish pastor, was the main celebrant. (Photos by Marcin Golaszewski)

  • Father Patrick Welsh, pastor of St. Matthew Parish, speaks to the congregation including all the school’s students.

  • Students bring up the offertory gifts for Mass.

  • After Mass students of St. Matthew School share a Philadelphia favorite, water ice, on the schoolyard.

  • School staff share water ice with Father Patrick Welsh.