St. Donato Roman Catholic Church (Philadelphia)

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St. Donato Roman Catholic Church, founded in 1910, is a Catholic church in Overbrook, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The parish is still a Personal (Italian) Parish within the archdiocese and the parish school and Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart convent were established by Mother Cabrini while she was based in Philadelphia.

Contents 1 History 2 Well-known former parishoners 3 See also 4 References

[edit] History

St. Donato drew its name because the many Italians who moved into the Overbrook-Haddington area came from the same town, St. Donato, in Italy. The parish celebrates the feast of St. Donato and of St. Frances X. Cabrini on the first Sunday of June. The celebration opens the annual carnival and he feast of Mother Cabrini was added to the celebration of St. Donato because she personally established our school and worshipped in our lower Church, and her Sisters are still here.

Parish Facts: St. Donato 403 N. 65th St., Philadelphia, PA 19151 Cluster: 21 Founded: 1910

Current Pastor: Rev. Ferdinand Buccafurni

School Staff: 1 Missionary Sister of the Sacred Heart (Cabrini Sisters) 16 laity

Number of children: 249

Convent: St. Donato Convent

Registered people: 1,317 Registered families: 647 Annual Baptisms: 16 Marriages: 8 Funerals: 47

[edit] Well-known former parishoners

• Louis A. DeSimone - served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia from 1981 to 1997
• Edward T. Hughes - served as the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey from 1986 to 1997
• Joseph A. Pepe - serves as the second and current Bishop of Las Vegas

[edit] See also

• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia

[edit] References

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