Posted March 12, 2020

The Mirenda Center at Neumann University hosted about 1,500 men on Saturday, March 7 for the 12th annual Man Up Philly Conference.

Men of all ages, backgrounds and vocations came together for Man Up Philly with speakers retired Philadelphia Eagles tight end and Super Bowl LII champion Brent Celek, NBA commentator and Permanent Deacon Steve Javie, renowned speaker and genocide survivor Immaculee Ilibagiza and lay ministry leader Steve Bollman. The joyfilled day concluded with Archbishop Nelson Perez clelebrating the closing Mass. Read more about the event. (Photos by Marc Cordero)

  • Archbishop Nelson Perez attends Man Up Philly and later celebrates the closing Mass of the event.

  • Renowned speaker and genocide survivor Immaculee Ilibagiza was one of four speakers at the 12th annual Man Up Philly Conference.

  • Speaker Brent Celek and Archbishop Nelson Perez are glad to attend the Man Up Philly Conference held at Neumann University.

  • Founding chairman of Man Up Philly, Eustace Mita, and Archbishop Nelson Perez proudly stand with the Man Up Philly banner. Man Up Philly is the region’s largest Men’s spirituality conference.

  • Speaker and lay ministry leader Steve Bollman addresses the men at Man Up Philly.

  • Men share a laugh at the Man Up Philly conference March 7.

  • Deacon Steve Javie, who spoke earlier in the conference, serves as deacon at the closing Mass.

  • Archbishop Nelson Perez was the main celebrant for Mass at the Man Up Philly conference at Neumann University’s Mirenda Center. (Marc Cordero)

  • Father Steve DeLacy and Deacon Steve Javie distribute holy Communion.

  • Men attending the 12th annual Man Up Philly conference had good reason to cheer the top speakers and time for faith and fellowship Saturday, March 7 at Neumann University. (Photo by Marc Cordero)