History
The School opened in September of 1949 under the name of Little Flower High School. Monsignor Joseph Schade wanted to create the school with the purpose of offering competitive Catholic education to families in the surrounding area with the closest school at the time being located in The City of Philadelphia, and was aided in his efforts with help from the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi of Philadelphia [2]
In September 1960, the present facility opened at 7th Street and Lansdale Avenue on a property that consisted of approximately 79 acres (32 ha) of land, and the first class graduated from there in 1961. Although the sports teams had long been referred to as Lansdale Catholic, it was with the opening of the new facility that the name of the school was "officially" changed to Lansdale Catholic High School.
The school continued as a "parish" high school until the mid-1980s when control of the school was taken over by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
In 1988, there was the dedication of a major addition to the school. It was made possible primarily through the support of the Business Leaders Organized for Catholic Schools.
In more recent years, other improvements were added including another on-site parking facility, baseball field, window replacements, air-conditioning in the gymnasium, reconditioning of the football and lacrosse fields. Over the Summer of 2012, the gymnasium was completely refurbished with new floors and bleachers.
On January 28, 2008, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced that the school would move following the 2012 graduation pending funding. A new school, Lansdale Catholic Regional High School, in Hilltown Township, Bucks County, was to be built to replace the school in Lansdale. The name of the new school was voted by the students, parents and alumni. That project was cancelled because of financial reasons. However in 2012 it was decided that the school would not move and would stay in the original location. [3]
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