Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls

Private, all-female school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

MascotSentinelNicknameLFTeam nameSentinelsRivalHallahanAccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools^[1]PublicationLiterary GarlandNewspaperTheresianYearbookGarlandTuition$8,000Alumniover 36,000Director of PhilanthropyAmy Steinmetz Carthy, '87Director of Institutional AdvancementS. Joan Ames, IHMAdmissions DirectorKia BenjaminAthletic DirectorTim McCartneyWebsitelittleflowerhighschool.org

Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls is a Catholic high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. It is named after Saint Therese de Lisieux and is located in the Hunting Park section of North Philadelphia. Little Flower publishes one of the most award-winning high school newspapers in the archdiocese, The Theresian.^{[citation needed]}

Little Flower High School consists of roughly 700 girls and 7 boys. The boys are a part of Little Flower's ESOL Program (English for Speakers of Other Languages). The school's Alma Mater is sung by the students at a number of different events throughout the school year, including dances, proms, and assemblies.

Athletics

Fall Sports - Cross Country, Golf, Field Hockey, Soccer, Tennis, Volleyball
Winter Sports - Basketball, Bowling, Cheerleading, Indoor Track, Swimming
Spring Sports - Softball, Lacrosse, Track, and Field

Notable alumnae

Christine Nangle - Comedy writer and performer. Best known for The Simpsons, Saturday Night Live, and Inside Amy Schumer.
Evelyn Mattern - American Roman Catholic nun and farmer worker advocate
Courtney Niemiec - professional soccer player, currently playing for the Western New York Flash of the National Women's Soccer League
Allyson McHugh - U.S. Women's National Team member (Swimming), 5 Time USA Swimming National Champion, 2019 NCAA National Champion (1650yd Freestyle)
Brea Bee: Class of 1993- Actress. Best known for her role as the elusive Nikki in the Academy Award winning film Silver Linings Playbook https://www.tvovermind.com/brea-bee/
Sister Mary Scullion - Sisters of Mercy, Little Flower Class of 1971, is Philadelphia’s nationally renowned expert on homelessness.

Notable volunteers

D. Bruce Hanes - Former volunteer judge for the Mock Trial team.

Because of his public support of same-sex marriage, Hanes has been removed from his volunteer position effective September 17, 2013.^[2]

Notes and references

^ MSA-CSS. "MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools". Retrieved 2009-05-23.
^ Gambino, Matthew (September 18, 2013). "Official who issued same-sex marriage licenses removed as volunteer at Catholic school". Catholic Philly. Retrieved September 18, 2013.

External links

Official school website
Alma Mater

Philadelphia Catholic League

Founded 1920

Member Schools

Archbishop John Carroll High School
Archbishop Prendergast High School
Archbishop Ryan High School
Archbishop Wood Catholic High School
Bishop McDevitt High School
Cardinal O'Hara High School
Conwell-Egan Catholic High School
Father Judge High School
John W. Hallahan High School
Lansdale Catholic High School
La Salle College High School
Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls
Monsignor Bonner High School
Roman Catholic High School
Saint Hubert High School
Saint Joseph's Preparatory School
Saints John Neumann and Maria Goretti Catholic High School
West Philadelphia Catholic High School

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia

Ordinaries

Bishops: Michael Francis Egan; Henry Conwell; Francis Kenrick; John Neumann

Archbishops: James Frederick Wood; Patrick John Ryan; Edmond Francis Prendergast; Dennis Joseph Dougherty; John Francis O'Hara; John Krol; Anthony Bevilacqua; Justin Rigali; Charles J. Chaput; Nelson J. Pérez

Auxiliary bishops, current: John J. McIntyre; Keith J. Chylinski; Christopher R. Cooke; Efren V. Esmilla

Auxiliary bishops, former: Cletus Joseph Benjamin; Michael Francis Burbidge; Joseph R. Cistone; Michael Joseph Crane; Edward Peter Cullen; Louis A. DeSimone; Francis James Furey; John Joseph Graham; Edward Hughes; Hugh L. Lamb; Martin Nicholas Lohmuller; Robert P. Maginnis; Joseph Francis Martino; Joseph Carroll McCormick; John Joseph McCort; Gerald Vincent McDevitt; Joseph P. McFadden; Joseph Mark McShea; Gerald O'Hara; Francis B. Schulte; Daniel Edward Thomas; Thomas Jerome Welsh; Edward Michael Deliman; Michael J. Fitzgerald; Timothy C. Senior

Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul

Parish churches: List of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia; Immaculate Conception; Old St. Joseph; Old St. Mary; St. Adalbert; St. Agatha and St. James; St. Anne; St. Augustine; St. Basil the Great; St. Cyprian; St. Donato; St. Francis de Sales; St. Joachim; St. Michael; St. Nicholas of Tolentine; St. Thomas the Apostle Church; St. William

Chapels and shrines: Church of the Gesú; National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa; National Shrine of St. John Neumann

Former: Holy Trinity

Education

Seminary: St. Charles Borromeo Seminary

Higher education: Cabrini College; Chestnut Hill College; Gwynedd Mercy University; Holy Family University; Immaculata University; La Salle University; Neumann University; Rosemont College; Saint Joseph's University; Villanova University

High schools: Acad. of Notre Dame de Namur; Archbishop John Carroll; Archbishop Prendergast; Archbishop Ryan; Archbishop Wood; Bishop McDevitt; Bishop Shanahan; Cardinal O'Hara; Conwell-Egan; Country Day School of the Sacred Heart; Devon Prep; Father Judge; Gwynedd Mercy Academy; Holy Ghost Prep; John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls; La Salle College HS; Lansdale Catholic; Little Flower; Malvern Prep; Mercy Career & Technical; Merion Mercy Acad.; Monsignor Bonner; Mount Saint Joseph Acad.; Nazareth Acad.; Pope John Paul II; Roman Catholic HS for Boys; Saint Basil Academy; Saint Joseph's Prep; Saints John Neumann and Maria Goretti; St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls; Villa Joseph Marie; Villa Maria Academy

Closed	St. James High School for Boys

Priests

Living: Edward Joseph Adams; Herbert Bevard; Michael J. Bransfield; Joseph L. Coffey; James Green; Joseph A. Pepe; Nelson J. Pérez

Deceased: Joseph Anthony Galante; Francis Brennan; Edwin Byrne; George Aloysius Carrell; Hubert James Cartwright; Joseph M. Corrigan; Joseph Thomas Daley; Edmond John Fitzmaurice; John Edmund Fitzmaurice; John Patrick Foley; Francis Xavier Gartland; Daniel James Gercke; Michael Hurley; Ignatius Frederick Horstmann; John Hughes; Francis Edward Hyland; Thomas Francis Kennedy; Philip R. McDevitt; Thomas Joseph McDonough; Thomas McGovern; Eugene J. McGuinness; William Matthews; John Joseph O'Connor; William O'Hara; Jeremiah F. Shanahan; John W. Shanahan; David B. Thompson; Francis X. DiLorenzo

Miscellany

Catholicism portal

Girls' schools in the Philadelphia area

Public girls' schools

Philadelphia High School for Girls

Closed	The Young Women's Leadership School at Rhodes High School (Philadelphia)

Private girls' schools

Pennsylvania	Al-Aqsa Islamic Academy (girls' high school) The Baldwin School Saint Basil Academy Country Day School of the Sacred Heart Agnes Irwin School J. W. Hallahan Catholic Girls High School Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls Merion Mercy Academy Mount Saint Joseph Academy Nazareth Academy High School Academy of Notre Dame de Namur Archbishop Prendergast High School St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls Villa Joseph Marie High School Villa Maria Academy
New Jersey	Our Lady of Mercy Academy (Franklin Township)
Delaware	Padua Academy Ursuline Academy (Coed elementary, girls' secondary)
Closed	Notre Dame Catholic Girls High School (Philadelphia)
Merged	Saint Maria Goretti High School (Philadelphia) West Philadelphia Catholic High School for Girls
Became coed	Tatnall School

Girls' schools in Pennsylvania

Public girls' schools

Philadelphia High School for Girls

Closed	The Young Women's Leadership School at Rhodes High School (Philadelphia)

Private girls' schools

Philadelphia area	Al-Aqsa Islamic Academy (girls' high school) The Baldwin School Saint Basil Academy Country Day School of the Sacred Heart J. W. Hallahan Catholic Girls High School Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School Agnes Irwin School Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls Merion Mercy Academy Mount Saint Joseph Academy Nazareth Academy High School Academy of Notre Dame de Namur Archbishop Prendergast High School St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls Villa Joseph Marie High School Villa Maria Academy
Pittsburgh area	Oakland Catholic High School
Closed	Notre Dame Catholic Girls High School (Philadelphia)
Merged	Saint Maria Goretti High School (Philadelphia) West Philadelphia Catholic High School for Girls

Schools in Philadelphia

School District of Philadelphia
5-12 schools	Girard Academic Music Program Julia R. Masterman School
6-12 schools	Penn Treaty School (neighborhood)
7-12 schools	Carver Engineering and Science
Neighborhood high schools	Bartram Edison/Fareira Samuel S. Fels Frankford Benjamin Franklin Furness George Washington Kensington Martin Luther King Abraham Lincoln Northeast Olney Overbrook Roxborough Sayre South Philadelphia Strawberry Mansion West Philadelphia
Alternative high schools	Bodine for International Affairs The U School (Building 21) Central Constitution Dobbins Vocational Franklin Learning Center High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) High School for Girls Lankenau Jules E. Mastbaum Technical Microsoft's School of the Future Motivation Academy at Palumbo Parkway Center City Parkway West (Mayer Sulzberger) Philadelphia Military Academy Robeson for Human Services Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush W.B. Saul (Saul of Agricultural Sciences) Swenson Arts and Technology U School
K-8 schools	Alcorn Ethan Allen Bache-Martin Rudolph Blankenburg F. Amadee Bregy G.W. Childs (Barratt Junior High) Hamilton Disston James Dobson D. Newlin Fell Thomas K. Finletter Academics Plus Edwin Fitler Academics Plus Benjamin Franklin Academics Plus Charles W. Henry Francis Hopkinson Henry H. Houston Andrew Jackson John Story Jenks Eliza Butler Kirkbride Henry C. Lea George A. McCall Delaplaine McDaniel General George G. Meade William M. Meredith Thomas Mifflin S. Weir Mitchell Andrew J. Morrison George W. Nebinger Olney Roosevelt George Sharswood Southwark Spring Garden Edwin M. Stanton Vare-Washington
Middle schools	A.M.Y. at James Martin AMY Northwest Castor Gardens Conwell Middle Magnet Dimner Beeber (Science Leadership Academy at Beeber) Paul Lawrence Dunbar Warren G. Harding M.Y.A. for the Humanities William T. Tilden Gen. Louis Wagner
Elementary schools	Joseph H. Brown Laura H. Carnell Lewis C. Cassidy Academics Plus Joseph W. Catharine Kennedy Crossan Academics Plus Emlen Edwin Forrest Julia Ward Howe Francis Scott Key James Logan James R. Lowell Ludlow John Marshall Alexander K. McClure Overbrook John M. Patterson Joseph Pennell Samuel W. Pennypacker Richmond William Rowen Philip H. Sheridan James J. Sullivan Bayard Taylor Frances E. Willard

Former high schools/
6-12 schools

Edward W. Bok Technical
Charles Carroll
Communications Technology (George Wolf)
Stephen A. Douglas
Thomas FitzSimons
Germantown
Robert E. Lamberton
William Penn
Thaddeus Stevens
University City
Roberts Vaux Promise Academy
Young Women's Leadership School at Rhodes

Former K-8/middle/
elementary schools

Other schools
Roman Catholic Archdiocese	Archbishop Ryan Father Judge J. W. Hallahan Little Flower Mercy Career & Technical Nazareth Academy Roman Catholic St. Hubert St. Joseph's Preparatory St. Malachy Saints John Neumann and Maria Goretti West Catholic
Other private schools	Al-Aqsa Islamic Cedar Grove Christian Friends Select Germantown Friends Girard College Greene Street Friends Overbrook School for the Blind William Penn Pennsylvania School for the Deaf Philadelphia Free School Philadelphia Mennonite Politz Hebrew Springside Chestnut Hill St. Peter's
Former private schools	St. Anthony de Padua Parish
Public charter schools	Arts and Sciences Belmont Boys' Latin Simon Gratz Hope Imhotep Institute MaST Community Mastery Mann Elementary (William B. Mann) Mastery Shoemaker Campus (William Shoemaker) Mastery Thomas Campus (George C. Thomas) Mathematics, Civics and Sciences Memphis Street Smedley Universal Alcorn Universal Audenried Universal Creighton Universal Vare Hardy Williams (Anna Howard Shaw)