The Rev. Mr. Michael A. Filippello, 32, son of Anna Marie and the late Michael S. Filippello, will be ordained to the priesthood by Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua on

Saturday, May 20, 2000
10:00 a.m.
Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
18th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia

Father Filippello attended Ellwood Elementary School, Holy Angels School and Cardinal Dougherty High School, all in Philadelphia, before entering St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood.

Father Filippello will offer his First Mass on

Sunday, May 21, 2000
3:00 p.m.
Carmelite Monastery
66th Avenue and Old York Road
Philadelphia

The homilist is Augustinian Father Augustine Esposito. The deacon is Rev. Mr. John Bean. Concelebrants will include priest friends.

There are ten men in the Class of 2000. At the end of May, each of the newly ordained priests will be assigned to a parish in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia where they will serve as parochial vicars. A parochial vicar is a priest appointed by the Cardinal to assist the pastor of a parish.

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Donna Crilley
Communications Specialist
215-587-3747