Archbishop Chaput’s weekly column: Why Catholic Schools Are Worth Saving
Posted on May 16th, 2012This Sunday, May 20, is “Voucher Sunday.” You won’t find it on the Catholic liturgical calendar, but this year in Pennsylvania, it’s a vital day nonetheless.
Over the past few months, people across the Archdiocese have been working with renewed urgency and zeal to rebuild the health of our Catholic schools. Alumni and alumnae have rallied [...]
Six men to be ordained priests on May 19
Posted on May 15th, 2012
Through the power of the Holy Spirit and the laying on of hands, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia will receive six new priests as Archbishop Charles Chaput ordains transitional deacons Daniel J. Dwyer, Anthony R. Hangholt, Robert A. Ianelli, John Paul Masson, Timothy J. McGuire and Thomas P. Whittingham on Saturday, May 19 at the Cathedral [...]
Read More →Prosecution rests its case in clergy trial; conspiracy charges dropped
Posted on May 15th, 2012For weeks the words of Msgr. William J. Lynn in testimony before a 2004 Philadelphia grand jury investigating clergy sexual abuse were used against him by state prosecutors.
They intensified their use of the testimony and a trove of hundreds of archdiocesan memos and letters, narrated by Philadelphia police detectives and assistant district attorneys along with [...]
Father Michael Heim, 55, parochial vicar at St. Dominic Parish, dies | May 15, 2012
Charles Madden, local artist, dies at 78 | May 15, 2012
Continuing coverage of Archbishop Chaput’s decisions on priests | May 7, 2012
Documents regarding Archbishop Chaput’s decisions | May 4, 2012
Nearly 800 people join the Church | May 2, 2012
Phaith magazine
May 2012 issue
Summary of issue:
Sue Marinari and Valeria Grant are moms with a two-fold mission: being the primary caregivers of their children and ensuring they have a firm foundation in their Catholic faith.
• Faith lessons for the deaf community
• What to do when an elderly parent needs nursing care
• What is the connection between Bono and the Blessed Mother?
Archdiocese News
Legatus members meet new CRS president
Posted on May 1st, 2012How many social or professional organizations precede their monthly dinner with confessions, the rosary and Mass? Probably not many, but Legatus does.
In 1988 when Thomas Monaghan, the founder of Domino’s Pizza, established Legatus as an organization for Catholic business leaders and their spouses, he modeled it somewhat after Young Presidents, a similar organization that has [...]
Commentary
How to help Catholics come back to church
Posted on April 13th, 2012Why do Catholics leave the Church? It’s a fair question that occupies the minds of Church scholars and leaders. It also occupies the hearts of people sitting around kitchen tables because almost every Catholic knows another Catholic who does not practice his or her faith.
A son or daughter, sister or brother, parent, loved one, friend [...]
Nation and World
Franciscan University drops student health insurance plan
Posted on May 18th, 2012WASHINGTON (CNS) — Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio, is discontinuing its student health insurance plan in the upcoming school year in opposition to the Obama administration’s mandate requiring most religious employers, including colleges, to provide no-cost contraceptive and sterilization coverage in its health insurance plans.
The school made the announcement to its students in mid-April and [...]
Archdiocesan Parish News
Cent’anni for St. Nicholas Parish
Posted on May 2nd, 2012St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish in South Philadelphia celebrated “Cent’anni,” 100 years of service to the Italian community in South Philadelphia on April 29. Its actual beginnings were as a mission chapel of nearby Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish (1898-1932).
Augustinian Father John Cerutti, formerly the administrator, became the first official pastor. The parish church, [...]
