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Vol. 66 NO. 29 ■ July 18, 2013
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PIZZA OLYMPICS
■ The South Philly Review’s fifth annual Pizza Olympics will pair parlors with voracious seekers of delicious slices 6 to 9 tonight! See page 18.
NO RESERVATIONS
■ At just 23 years old, Elijah Milligan filled the executive chef role four months ago at Stateside. See page 24.
SPORTS
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput fraternized with St. Gabriel School students, who soon could welcome many new classmates. S ta f f P h o t o b y K at h r y n P o o l e
A momentous mission A Grays Ferry school welcomed the Archbishop of Philadelphia to announce changes in Catholic education. ■ By Joseph Myers R e v i e w S ta f f W r i t e r
■ The Flyers’ most successful coach received posthumous placement in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
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ur allies in doing so change, but the intense education of children will always remain our goal,” Charles J. Chaput said Monday morning at St. Gabriel School, 2917 Dickinson St. “We have great love
for that duty and a responsibility to uphold it.” The 68-year-old Archbishop of Philadelphia traveled to the Grays Ferry institution to mark its official designation as a participant in the Independence Mission Schools system. Along with 13 other parochial elementary facilities, including St. Thomas Aquinas School, 1719 Morris St., St. Gabriel will operate independently of the Archdio-
cese and consult its own board of directors to expand enrollment and opportunities for enrollees. “Today’s kids have many more learning options than we did,” George Sumner, a 1968 St. Gabriel alumnus, said. “They’re pretty much going to school for everything, including help with their See MISSION SCHOOLS page 10 >>
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