Archdiocese Wants to Shed Costs of Nursing Homes, Cemeteries

PHILADELPHIA (PA)
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Posted by Eric Campbell (Editor) , August 20, 2013

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)

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