Archdiocese Wants to Shed Costs of Nursing Homes, Cemeteries

By Eric Campbell
The Patch
August 20, 2013

http://te.patch.com/groups/greater-philadelphia/p/archdiocese-wants-to-shed-costs-of-nursing-homes-cemeteries

The Catholic Church's Philadelphia headquarters is looking to cut costs after reporting a deficit for the most recent fiscal year.

Charles.png Archbishop Charles J. Chaput. Photo by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced Tuesday it will seek to sell some nursing homes it operates and outsource management of some of its cemeteries.

The move comes after last month's report that the archdiocese ran a $39.2 million deficit in the 2012 fiscal year.

The health-care facilities that may be affected include the following, according to Kenneth A. Gavin, the archdiocese's director of communications:

Immaculate Mary Home, Philadelphia

Villa Saint Martha, Downingtown (Chester County)

Saint Francis Country House, Darby (Delaware County)

Saint John Neumann Home, Philadelphia

Saint Martha Manor, Downingtown (Chester County)

Saint Mary Manor, Lansdale (Montgomery County)

Saint Monica Manor, Philadelphia

The following existing cemeteries and planned cemetery sites also could be affected:

All Souls Cemetery, Coatesville (Chester County)

Calvary Cemetery, West Conshohocken (Montgomery County)

Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia

New Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia

Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon (Delaware County)

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Philadelphia

Immaculate Heart of Mary Cemetery, Linwood (Delaware County)

Resurrection Cemetery, Bensalem (Bucks County)

Saint John Neumann Cemetery, Chalfont (Bucks County)

Saint Michael Cemetery, Chester (Delaware County)

Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Springfield (Delaware County)

All Saints Cemetery, Newtown (Bucks County)

Holy Savior Cemetery, Penn Township (Bucks County)

Said Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, "Our difficult financial situation must be addressed and the actions that we need to take may be painful ones. I understand this fact fully, but it is of critical importance that we rebuild our financial foundation so that we can continue our collective good works."