this church also operated a parish elementary school until june 2005 when that school was closed due to its low enrollment of 130 students. the reverend monsignor john wendrychowicz, the pastor of saint josaphat parish at the time, informed parishioners of the decision in masses held during the weekend of april 25, 2005, noting that he had also informed teachers and families of the children attending the school he had secured support from the parish pastoral and finance councils to request permission from cardinal justin rigali, archbishop of philadelphia, to close the facility. students enrolled in saint josaphat school at the time were given the option to attend any other parish elementary school for the 2005-2006 school year. a new regional catholic school, the holy child catholic school, also opened in september 2005. cardinal rigali, who granted permission for the closure, said of his decision: