Posted May 24, 2019

St. Thomas More Parish in South Coventry capped a year-long 50th anniversary celebration with a May 19 Mass celebrated by Archbishop Charles Chaput.

More than 300 parishioners gathered for the liturgy, which was followed by a reception at the SunnyBrook Ballroom in Pottstown.

(Read our feature story on St. Thomas More Parish’s 50th anniversary Mass.)

Father Edward Brady, pastor, describes the parish as a “strong” group of people “who work together as a team,” and whose future as a faith community is bright.

(All photos by Margee Kulp.)

  • Archbishop Charles Chaput greets parishioners at a May 19 Mass celebrating the 50th anniversary of St. Thomas More Parish in South Coventry. (Photo by Margee Kulp.)

  • Archbishop Charles Chaput greets parishioners at a May 19 Mass he celebrated at St. Thomas More Parish in South Coventry. The liturgy concluded the parish’s year-long commemoration of its 50th anniversary.

  • A cantor leads worship at a May 19 liturgy celebrating the 50th anniversary of St. Thomas More parish in South Coventry.

  • Servers lead the entrance procession of a May 19 Mass marking the 50th anniversary of St. Thomas More Parish in South Coventry.

  • Archbishop Charles Chaput consecrates the Eucharist at a May 19 Mass celebrating the 50th anniversary of St. Thomas More Parish in South Coventry. To the left of the Archbishop is the parish’s current pastor, Father Edward Brady.

  • Members of the Valentino family greet Archbishop Charles Chaput at a May 19 Mass marking the 50th anniversary of St. Thomas Parish in South Coventry.

  • Father Hugh Dougherty, pastor emeritus of St. Thomas More Parish in South Coventry, processes just ahead of current pastor Father Edward Brady at a May 19 Mass marking the parish’s 50th anniversary.

  • Members of the Neocatechumenal Way community at St. Thomas More Parish in South Coventry celebrate after a May 19 Mass marking the parish’s 50th anniversary.

  • Seminarian Wesly Taveras (center) is presented with a scholarship for St. Charles Borromeo Seminary by the Knights of Columbus after a May 19 Mass marking the 50th anniversary of St. Thomas More Parish, South Coventry. The parish is home to both a Knights of Columbus chapter and a Neocatechumenal Way community.

  • Members of the 50th anniversary committee for St. Thomas More Parish in South Coventry assemble at a reception following a May 19 Mass celebrating the parish milestone.

  • Some 300 members of St. Thomas More Parish in South Coventry celebrate the parish’s 50th anniversary with a May 19 banquet at the SunnyBrook Ballroom in Pottstown.