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 Theology Faculty

  Monica Lapp
  Director of Counseling
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  James Coyne
  Department Chair
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  Sr. Joyce Ballerino
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  Fr. John Flanagan
  School Minister
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  Rev. Mr. George Kletzel
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  Stephen Langley
  Athletic Director
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  Mary Kay McKenna
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  Fr. Paul O'Donnell
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  Fr. Dominic Rossi
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  Mrs. Deborah Neill
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  Patricia Sarkees
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  Richard Spires
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  William Torrence
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  Deacon Raymond M. Vadino
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Theology
Philosphy of the Theology Department
The constant striving of our shared endeavor as a department is "to inspire students with the spirit of Christ"; to nurture the "gifts and talents of each student" entrusted into our care; and to direct all students, with the ready assistance of divine grace and the prompting of the guiding Holy Spirit, towards active involvement in transforming the world into God's Kingdom.

As a faculty of committed Roman Catholics, we invite our students to join us in proclaiming our identity as a community of baptized Christians, who have been redeemed by Christ Jesus, and charged throughout life to worship and to serve God.

We seek, above all, to motivate our students to respond positively and dynamically to the manifold revelations of God throughout history; we seek to practice, together with our students, the spirituality of the Cross and Resurrection, as the basis of our Christian hope and human striving unto Eternity; we identify ourselves openly as disciples of Jesus Christ, who both invites and moves us to make gospel values the foundation for our ideals, and the source of our continual joy on earth, and the motivations for our every action.

With the hope of God's grace, we shall share together in our chosen apostolate, and we shall strengthen one another in our common witness to Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.

Objectives for Religious Education
The above statement of our philosophy and goals leads to certain concrete objectives. The purpose of Religious Education at Cardinal O'Hara High School is the common endeavor of its teachers:
  • To form our students after the "Way" of Jesus Christ.
  • To teach courses generated within the framework of the Revised Secondary Curriculum Guidelines of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
  • To educate students in the Roman Catholic faith with the hope that they become persons of prayer and sacramental observance, loving their Church, knowing its history, and welcoming the good news in its Book, the Bible, the written Word of God's self-revelation.
  • To help students to discover their own unique and special dignity as Christian persons, in relation tothemselves, to others, and to God.
  • To draw students to specifically Christian morality, to a system of values which regulate personal conduct, and by which human behavior may be evaluated in terms of right and wrong, in accord with informed conscience.
  • To develop the idea of Christian vocation: its expression in marriage, priesthood, religious life, and the single state.
  • To show students how religious faith, and how beliefs grounded in convictions, arising from the truths of Revelation, can be integrated into their lives and bring about fulfillment, both in their search for meaning in life and for true, even eventual eternal, happiness.

--Department Chairperson: Mr. James Coyne
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