SUMMER 2025 Issue
The Prep, Philly & Beyond
How Philadelphia has enriched The Prep and how The Prep gives back
All of Prep Nation celebrates the commencement of the Great Prep Class of 2025.
Celebrate and honor their legacy with a gift to The Prep Fund, ensuring that future students can have the same life-changing experience.
Journey Back: Reunion 2025
It's Your Time
Celebrate the legacy. Reconnect with your Brothers.
Welcome Home to 17th & Girard
Philly & Beyond: Our History
The History of The Prep in Philadelphia
It is hard to imagine St. Joseph’s Prep without its location in North Philadelphia. Just as Catholic, Jesuit, and all-male, the Prep’s 17th & Girard address is part of its DNA, a vital part of the school’s unique and successful educational process. It is one of the significant aspects that separates it from other outstanding secondary schools.
Philly & Beyond: Our Neighborhood
How the Neighborhood Shapes The Prep, and How The Prep Shapes the Neighborhood
We’re proud to highlight three neighborhood partners that are enacting positive change around 17th and Girard
Philly & Beyond: Our City
Learning from America’s “Most Historic City”
The Prep proudly states that “Philly Is Our Campus” and it is hard to separate the school from its location.
Philly & Beyond: Our Nation
Enriching Civics Education Through Local Partnerships
In order to help students become difference makers in our nation, the Prep has partnered with a local foundation to provide civics education.
Philly & Beyond: Community News
Inside The Prep
Three Esteemed Jesuit Educators Join Prep Leadership
- John McCaul, Principal
- Stephen Abrams, Vice President for Admissions and Enrollment
- Bryan Ghee, Athletic Director
McGlynn Retiring After 50 Years at The Prep
Will Miss The Students, Who Have “Good Hearts and Good Minds”
Fr. Pedro Arrupe Visits the Gesu (1976)
Prep historian Leo Vaccaro ’05 on Fr. Arrupe’s appearance in Philadelphia and at the Gesu
Who Do You Want to Benefit from Your Tax Dollars?
You have to pay taxes – why not designate them to Prep students? Your Pennsylvania taxes can provide financial aid for deserving young men at the Prep. Participants receive a 90% tax credit and may also receive additional tax benefits; making the cost to give a dollar less than a dime.
Hard to believe? Learn how you can be part of this amazing opportunity to support Prep students at www.sjprep.org/eitc or contact Patti Killeen at pkilleen@sjprep.org or (267) 238-1344
Prep at the Shore
Join us in Avalon for a cocktail reception with Prep alumni, parents and friends.
Thursday, August 7 | 6-8 p.m.
Icona Avalon, 7849 Dune Dr.
Avalon, NJ 08202
Registration: $85
Includes open bar and heavy hors d’oeuvres
Contact Charlie Van Kula ’14 for more information at cvankula@sjprep.org
JOIN US AT OUR OPEN HOUSE
SUN, OCT. 19, 2025 AT 10 A.M.
The students, faculty, staff, and alumni, collectively called Prep Nation, consider the Prep our home. It is a place where you are seen, loved, and challenged to become the person you were born to be. The friendship and bonds of brotherhood forged here will last a lifetime.
Call or email the Office of Admission for more information: admissions@sjprep.org and (215) 978-1958