St. Joseph’s Prep (Pa.) receiving $74-million donation to help fund new athletic complex
The largest donation to a United States catholic high school in history was announced on Friday, according to multiple reports. St. Joseph’s Prep School (Pa.
) is set to receive a $74-million donation from Class of 1970 billionaire graduate Nick Howley , his wide Lorie and The Howley Foundation, with a portion of the funds going towards a new on-campus athletic complex. The school will see the biggest upgrades it has ever seen in the over 160 years St. Joseph’s Prep has been in existence.
[ $19. 99 gets you a FULL year of On3 | Rivals national coverage ] “This is a transformative gift,” St. Joseph’s Prep School president John Marinacci on Friday in a report by The Inquirer .
“This allows us to sustain and grow our mission. We had 35 different home fields for practices and games. Every time we played a field sport, we got on a bus or in a car.
” Nobody’s been displaced — we haven’t seized land, or grabbed, or moved anybody who didn’t want to sell. We’ve always been very proud of where we are, and the fact that we’ve remained in the city, and we want to do this the right way. ” BREAKING: St.