The Daily Numbers: 5 Delco Catholic parishes that will close as 9 sites will merge into 4.
27 parishes in Philadelphia and Delaware County that are being affected.
923, weekly attendance at Mass at St. Alice in 2011, down from 1,016 in 2007year. St. Alice will close and merge with St. Laurence.
275, weekly Mass attendance at St. Cyril's, which will merge with St. Philomena.
152, weekly attendance at St. Louis in Yeadon, which will merge with BVM in Darby.
311, weekly attendance at Immaculate Conception in Marcus Hook. It is destined to be merged with Holy Saviour, where 497 attend weekly Mass, at St. John Fisher.
4 parishes will remain free standing. They are St. Joseph in Aston; St. Francis De Sales in Lenni; Our Lady of Charity in Brookhaven; and St. Katharine Drexel in Chester.
1 of July, when the changes are expected to take place.
10, age of Sarah Murnaghan, the Newtown Square girl who is still waiting for a lung transplant. Her family is now making a direct appeal to the public.
380 graduates at Swarthmore College who picked up their diplomas on Sunday.
75 people who will take part in strategic planning process for Wallingford-Swarthmore School District.
7,000 dollar gift from Forever Green Landscaping to be used at the Garnet Valley Middle School Fitness Center.
13 more lives claimed by killer tornadoes in Oklahoma over weekend.
50 million dollars spent by the IRS at a series of 220 conferences for agency employees between 2010 and 2013.
7-5 win for the Phillies over the Brewers.
3 for 3 with 4 RBI yesterday for red-hot Dom Brown.
.400 batting average for Brown in his last 13 games, going 20 for 50.
16 homers now for Brown, tops in the National League.
7-2 record for Cliff Lee, who now sports a 2.45 ERA.
19-14 win for University of California over Life University in the USA 7s Collegiate Rugby title tilt at PPL Park in Chester Sunday.
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Dom Brown is smoking. How long do you think he can keep up this hot streak? He's put the Phillies on his back and is carrying this team.
I Don’t Get It: There is no easy way to go about it. That won't make the news that their parish is closing any easier to swallow for many Delco faithful. Very tough day.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to 4 parishes that will remain free-standing facilities. They also were reviewed by the archdiocese.
Quote Box: “I'm very angry abuot it. I've cried about it, I've lost sleep about it and I've prayed about it, but I will le tthe will of God be done."
- Carolyn Soribe, parishioner at St. Louis in Yeadon, on hearing that her parish will be closed and merged with BVM in Darby.
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