The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has announced the closing of two local high schools. Both Cardinal Dougherty and Northeast Catholic will be closed at the end of the 2009-2010 school year. “It is with ...

no one in Philadelphia ever thought the church would shut Cardinal Dougherty High School. Not the flagship campus that once boasted 6,000 students and billed itself as the biggest Catholic school ...

Longtime Philly residents, even if they’re not Catholic, may recognize the name from Cardinal Dougherty High School, a former Archdiocese of Philadelphia school that closed in 2010. Since ...

Not Cardinal Dougherty. But the unthinkable came to pass in October when the Philadelphia archdiocese announced 2009-10 would be Dougherty's last school year. The school, a victim of declining ...