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  1. 70% of Philly Catholic parishes provide holiday food distributions to over 31,000 people last year.
  2. Effective communication of the faith requires a group effort, Pope Benedict XVI said. Parish Pastoral councils help http://tw0.us/4y2
  3. Philly parishes employ 61 parish social workers in the parishes; 34 of these are volunteers.
  4. U.S. Hunger up. 15,777 Philly Catholic parishioners and staff provided food programs for over 175,000 people last year. http://tw0.us/4s9
  5. Rationale Principles and Guidelines for Philly Parish Pastoral Councils presented at Catholic Life Congess. Learn more at http://tw0.us/4pZ
  6. 602 homemakers from Philly Catholic parishes provided homemaker services for 1,134 homes last year.
  7. Parish social services make a difference in the lives of over 400,000. See the full story http://tw0.us/4jp
  8. Philly Parishes employ 134 parish nurses; 118 of these are volunteers.
  9. There were over 84,304 individual anointings of the sick performed last year by Philly Catholic priests.
  10. Over 12,000 infants were baptized in Philly Catholic parishes last year. http://www.archphila.org/pa...
  11. 48% of Philly Catholic parishes sponsored Novenas for the Miraculous medal last year. http://cammonline.org/
  12. Half of all Philly Catholic parishes hosted blood drives last year attracting over 12,000 donors.http://bit.ly/1zpdym
  13. 222 Sunday Masses in Philly have visiting or retired priests presiding in addition to the 400 priests assigned to parish ministry.
  14. 54% of Philly Catholic parishes provided tuition assistance to students in need last year. http://bit.ly/ujY82
  15. 40% of all Philly Catholic parishes provide food cupboards for people in need in their communities http://tinyurl.com/yk4fuzc
  16. 1/3 of Catholics in the U.S. are Latino. http://bit.ly/9MOs9
  17. Over half of all Philly Catholic parishes sponsor senior citizen programs that serve more than 12,000 seniors.
  18. Philly Catholic parish schools enrolled more than 57,000 students last year. http://www.archphila.org/pa...
  19. 77% of parishes sponsor the Rosary making this the 3nd most popular form of religious devotion in Philly. http://www.rosaryprayerguid...
  20. 15 Philly Catholic parishes provided home mortgage assistance programs last year.