Archbishop’s residence sold for $10 million
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St Joseph’s University will buy the Archbishop of Philadelphia’s residence for $10 million, the university announced last week.
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia signed a letter of intent with St Joseph’s to acquire the 8.9-acre property and its three-storey, 23,350-square-foot mansion that has been the home of Philadelphia’s Catholic archbishops since 1935.
The property sits across Cardinal Avenue from the university’s campus along City Avenue.
“Acquiring this adjacent property presents an opportunity that will be integral to the university’s long-term strategic planning,” said St Joseph’s president, Fr Kevin Gillespie. “As we look to the future, this opens exciting possibilities for the university community, and it will further enhance our students’ experience for decades to come.”
Fr Gillespie said the university had no immediate plans for development on the property and will evaluate its possible short-term use for administrative offices.
St Joseph’s officials expect to sign the agreement of sale within the next several weeks. [more]
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Mansions, like any other dwelling, tend to shape the lives of those who live within. Mansions display wealth and everything money can buy, all of which must be secured and guarded and protected from the poor!
Jesus, we are told, started life in a stable, not a mansion. He was at home in people’s homes, though when he went to Herod’s mansion-palace, he got as far as the courtyard. Later on, he was laid to rest in a borrowed tomb.
Do you suppose there’s a message here?
Well, he’s not anymore.
(1) First, it’s outrageous that the Catholic Church purchased this “mansion” and acreage in the midst of the Great Depression in 1935 while at least a quarter of the population was unemployed, starving, standing in bread lines and eating at soup kitchens; (2) secondly, did Jesus live in a huge mansion? (3) what are they going to do with the money from the sale — pay off pedophile lawsuits?
I think it’s a scandal that our bishops have lived/are still living in such mansions. It seems very un-Christlike.