{"id":222542,"date":"2026-06-18T19:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/222542\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T19:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:36:07","slug":"archdiocese-of-philadelphia-class-of-2026-earns-record-695-million-in-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/222542\/","title":{"rendered":"Archdiocese of Philadelphia Class of 2026 Earns Record $695 Million in Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By CatholicPhilly Staff Report \u2022 Posted June 18, 2026 <\/p>\n<p>Graduating seniors from Archdiocesan high schools in the Class of 2026 earned a record $695,442,175 in college scholarships, archdiocesan officials announced.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">William E. Brannick, superintendent of secondary schools and schools of special education for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, said the total marks the highest cumulative scholarship amount in archdiocesan history. The funds will support graduates as they continue their education at colleges and universities nationwide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brannick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1233170502121381\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shared the announcement in a brief video<\/a> posted to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Schools\u2019 social media accounts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition to academic achievements, 310 members of the graduating class <a href=\"https:\/\/catholicphilly.com\/2026\/06\/news\/sports\/more-than-300-archdiocesan-seniors-set-for-college-athletics\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">committed to compete in collegiate athletic programs next year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Archbishop Nelson J. P\u00e9rez recognized the Class of 2026 in a recent end-of-year message to students, families, and school staff.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI am giving a special shout-out to the Class of 2026 as you celebrate graduation,\u201d the archbishop said. He encouraged graduates to \u201clive out your call to be a Missionary Disciple and a beacon of Christ\u2019s compassion\u201d during the summer and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By CatholicPhilly Staff Report \u2022 Posted June 18, 2026 Graduating seniors from Archdiocesan high schools in the Class&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[21628,69,71,70,2135,96792],"class_list":["post-222542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-aops","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-scholarships","tag-william-e-brannick"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}