Saint William Roman Catholic Church

St. William Parish is a Catholic church in the Lawncrest neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It was founded on January 20, 1920, under the leadership of Reverend William A. Motley, initially serving 70 households. The Parish elementary school was opened in 1924. The parish eventually expanded to include a rectory, convent, kindergarten, lower school, junior high school, day care center, parish hall and the two churches. The school, which reached a peak enrollment of 1,586 students in 1964, closed on June 15, 2012 with a final enrollment of 280 students. As of 2019, the church served 1,830 households totaling 5,080 people, with an average of 1,300 people attending Masses on Sundays.