This just in: St. Laurentius Catholic School will stay open after all, the the delight of Fishtowners who fought valiantly and against great odds.
As my colleague Martha Woodall reports, Holy Trinity (in Morrisville) and St. Laurentius got the good news today.
In all, at least 21 parish schools and three high schools had appealed the commission's recommendations for closure, Woodall writes. The archdiocese is expected to announce Archbishop Charles J. Chaput's appeal decisions Friday.
I wrote a column about St. Laurentius' quest and had stayed in close contact with parent leader, AJ Thomson. On the phone, I'm struck by his grateful tone. Given the uneasy state of affairs at the Inquirer, he wants me, Woodall and photographer Larry Kesterson to know the role our coverage played in keeping a neighborhood treasure around for his daughters and, hopefully, their daughters.
"Without the Inquirer, we couldn't have galvanized our community. We couldn't have done this," Thomson insists. "Without legitimizing our story, people don't see it, don't feel it. Without quality coverage that looks at both sides of the issues, people in power will run roughshod over everyone."
(Thomson was speaking for my behalf, but I know he's also appreciative of the efforts of my colleagues at the Philadelphia Daily News. We're part of the same struggling family, only fair to give them a shout-out, too.)
-- Monica Yant Kinney
Stop already INKY.....is your arm sore from patting yourself on the back...IF you are so dam influential....why not keep up the pressure on the church for its lack of transparency on the real issue....why not focus on the cost of SSN and in its present form, its ability to bankrupt the country....why not focus on Medicare and in its present form, its ability to bankrupt the country....why not focus on the fallacy and waste of state run ligour stores....or do you have an agenda to hide from real issues and just target anyone who tackles real issues with common sense......— nuggett- Lol-The Inky is patting itself on the back for a policital motive. For the The Inquirer to take credit for the "saving" of a Catholic school, would have been like the Know-Knothings taking credit for the saving a Catholic church of destruction by fire by convincing the fire department to do their job and put out the fire.
The Inquirer is committed to never, never to say anything flattering about the Church and Caholicism. The above headline is for the purposes of appearing to be a friend but it is all a set up for the forthcoming columns which will condemn Santorum (assuming he is the nominee) while endorsing anti-Catholic Obama. They really do think we "devout" Catholics are stupid.— tommoore
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