The Christian Association (CA) at Penn offers a community of hospitality, service and advocacy, and faith exploration for students, faculty, and staff. Located at 118 S. 37th St., the CA House is beautiful and welcoming, and serves as a home away from home for many.
The space is open to everyone, regardless of religious affiliation, orientation, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, race, or gender.
The CA is celebrating its 125th anniversary this academic year.
In this edition of By The Numbers, the Current highlights the CA at Penn.
- 1891
Year the CA was founded.
- 19
Number of years the CA has offered “slanguage,” its free English as a Second Language program.
- 30
Number of years Dana How served as the CA’s executive director, the longest to date.
- 4
Number of campus buildings the CA has been housed in throughout its history.
- 30
Number of community dinners served each year at the CA.
- 16
Number of mentors serving this year in the CA’s program for Upward Bound students, helping high schoolers in West Philadelphia.
- 17
Number of student and community groups that use the CA building throughout the course of a year.
- $700,000
Amount of money raised by the CA in the 1920s to build what is now known as the ARCH. In 1999, the CA sold the building to Penn, which today houses numerous cultural resource centers.
