Obituary: Frank W. Betley

Services will be on Monday.

Frank W. Betley, 81, a longtime Haddonfield resident, died Wednesday. He was the husband of the late Janet G. (nee Galvin), beloved father of Maryanne Woytowicz (Tom) of Ocean City, Tom of Haddonfield and Joe (Brenda) of Mt. Laurel; devoted grandfather of Michael (Kelly), Patrick (Katie), Kathleen, Madalyn, Christopher (Emily), Matthew and Brian Betley and Elizabeth and Robert Woytowicz; great grandfather of Michael and Bodyn; loving brother of Marie Betlejewsk, the late Stanley Betley.  Frank had been a Haddonfield resident and member of Christ the King R.C. Church since 1968. Additionally, he owned and operated F.W. Betley & Assoc. for over 25 years. Frank’s family will receive friends, Monday, from 10 to 10:45 a.m., at Christ the King R…

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20K Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches for a Good Cause

A service project at Haddonfield's Christ the King Church hits a milestone.

Twenty-thousand peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, but no word on how much milk was needed to wash them all down. That's the news this month from Christ the King Church in Haddonfield. A group of teens involved in an ongoing service project at the church reached the PB&J milestone this month. The sandwiches are sent to Camden's Cathedral Kitchen to be distributed to the needy. Started in November 2009, it's a service project for the boys making their confirmation at Christ the King Church, a church member said. There are 14 families and about 35 kids and adults who have fueled the effort over the years.

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Rev. Monsignor William Patrick Brennan Honored in Retirement Dinner and Mass

Submitted by Robert Tulini.

Hundreds of well-wishers joined the Rev. Monsignor William Patrick Brennan to celebrate his retirement at a Mass and dinner on June 24. Brennan, 75, the pastor of Christ the King Parish in Haddonfield, will retire on June 30 after 49 years of active ministry in the Catholic Diocese of Camden. Relatives, friends, priests, nuns, deacons, former students and parishioners attended the retirement Mass celebrated by Brennan at Christ the King Church. Four hundred people filled the church for the Mass. The Mass was followed by the retirement dinner for Brennan at Holy Eucharist Parish Hall in Cherry Hill, where he was the pastor before going to Christ the King. Four hundred people filled the hall for the dinner. “Whether as a teacher, principal …

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Rev. Monsignor William Patrick Brennan to be Honored with a Mass and Dinner

Rev. Brennan retires this month from Christ the King Church in Haddonfield.

  The Rev. Monsignor William Patrick Brennan, the pastor of Christ the King Parish in Haddonfield for three years and a priest in the Catholic Diocese of Camden for 49 years, will retire on June 30. Brennan, 75, will celebrate his retirement Mass at 2:30 p.m. June 24 at Christ the King Church. Hundreds of relatives, friends, priests, nuns, deacons, former students and parishioners are expected to attend. A retirement dinner for him will follow at Holy Eucharist Parish Hall in Cherry Hill, where he was pastor before going to Christ the King. Reservations have closed for the dinner. Brennan was born in 1936 in Staten Island, NY. He studied at Immaculate Conception Seminary in Darlington, NJ. He was ordained a priest in Camden on May 25, 1963…

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The History of Haddonfield

Christ the King Church Looks to Another 75 Years

A burgeoning Catholic population in 18th-century Haddonfield—and many moves—helped establish Christ the King Church.

Christ the King Catholic Church’s roots may not be as deep as its Protestant brothers in Haddonfield, but its impact on the borough has been big enough to make a difference. Now in its 76th year, the church became a parish only two years before the Diocese of Camden was created. "We have just finished celebrating our 75th anniversary and we hope that Christ the King will go on for another 75 years," says the Rev. Monsignor William P. Brennan, pastor. In the latter part of the 18th century and even in the early part of the 20th century, Haddonfield was a quaintly old and sternly religious borough. Brennan says that the church’s history noted that a handful of working Catholics that lived there suffered and sacrificed Sunday after Sunday to …

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