Posted May 28, 2021

The students and faculty of the private Catholic school in Chester, Delaware County prayed during Mass celebrated by Archbishop Nelson Perez and enjoyed his pastoral visit on Monday, May 24. The school was founded in 2007 as a partnership among the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Neumann University, the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia and St. Katharine Drexel Parish to proved a Catholic education in the Franciscan spirit to all the young residents of the Chester community. Learn more at DrexelNeumannAcademy.net. (Photos by Sarah Webb)

  • Students of Drexel Neumann Academy pray during Mass at St. Katharine Drexel Church, Chester, May 24. New directives by the City of Philadelphia June 2 mean that all parish churches in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia may remove most COVID-19 restrictions as early as the weekend of June 5-6, the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ. (Photo by Sarah Webb)

  • Father Thomas Whittingham (left), pastor of St. Katharine Drexel Parish in Chester, concelebrates Mass with Archbishop Perez during his visit to Drexel Neumann Academy in Chester.

  • Posing for a photo outside Drexel Neumann Academy are, from left: Ed Hanway, chairman of the board for Faith in the Future Foundation; Barbara Brennan, school principal; Archbishop Nelson Perez; and Alice V. Sylvester, school president.

  • Archbishop Perez learns about the academy with Alice V. Sylvester, president, and Edward Hanway, chairman of the board for Faith in the Future Foundation.