City of Philadelphia - File #: 070922

• File #: 070922
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 10/25/2007
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 10/25/2007
• Title: Honoring Archbishop John P. Foley, a Philadelphian, on his elevation to Cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church and declaring December 13, 2007 as "Cardinal John P. Foley" Day in the City of Philadelphia.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Ramos, Council President Verna, Council President Verna, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Savage, Councilmember Savage, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember O'Neill

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/25/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
10/25/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
10/25/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Honoring Archbishop John P. Foley, a Philadelphian, on his elevation to Cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church and declaring December 13, 2007 as "Cardinal John P. Foley" Day in the City of Philadelphia.
Body
WHEREAS, Cardinal John P. Foley was born on November 11, 1935 in Fitzgerald-Mercy Hospital in Darby, Pennsylvania and grew up in Holy Spirit Parish in Sharon Hill, the only child of John and Regina (Vogt) Foley; and
WHEREAS, Cardinal John P. Foley graduated from Holy Spirit School, St. Joseph's Preparatory School and graduated summa cum laude from St. Joseph's College (now St. Joseph's University) in 1957, where he was president of the student body; and
WHEREAS, Cardinal John P. Foley entered the priesthood in 1957, studied at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary on City Avenue and was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on May 19, 1962. Later that same year, the late Cardinal John Krol, then Philadelphia's archbishop, sent the young priest to Rome to report on the Second Vatican Council for the Philadelphia Catholic Standard & Times, the archdiocesan newspaper; and
WHEREAS, Cardinal Krol saw great promise in Cardinal John P. Foley and sent him to Columbia University's School of Journalism, where he earned a master's degree in 1966; and
WHEREAS, In 1966, Cardinal John P. Foley was appointed assistant pastor of Philadelphia's St. John the Evangelist Church, and served on the faculty of Cardinal Dougherty High School, with residence in St. Bernard Church, also in Philadelphia. From 1966 until 1974, Cardinal John P. Foley also was co-producer and co-host of the Philadelphia Catholic Hour on local radio station WFIL; and
WHEREAS, Cardinal John P. Foley served as editor of the Philadelphia Catholic Standard & Times for 14 years (1970-1984), taught at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary and, in 1976, he was named an honorary prelate of His Holiness with the title of Monsignor. He was also Vice ...