4 Philly-area Catholic high schools to stay open thanks to fundraising

After weeks of fevered fundraising, rallies and anxiety, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput announced Friday that thanks to millions of dollars in donations and pledges, all four archdiocesan high schools set to close in June — St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls, Conwell-Egan, Monsignor Bonner-Archbishop Prendergast and West Catholic — would remain open.

The archbishop said "close to 20,000 financial donations have come in from everyday working lay people," and that an independent foundation would be established to raise $100 million in the next five years to help Catholic schools.