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Let God’s Word blossom in your heart
Posted on May 3rd, 2012Let your every creature serve you; for you spoke, and they were made. You sent forth your spirit, and they were created; no one can resist your word.
— Judith 16:14
“Happy 17th day of Eastertide!” began the e-mail from my friend, Father Bill Sneck, S.J. He enclosed the link to a short video with the note, [...]
Penn Relays: a Philadelphia track tradition
Posted on May 2nd, 2012
It is a fascinating spectacle that attracts thousands of athletes from hundreds of different schools from all across the nation. It entices celebrities to descend upon Philadelphia for almost an entire week.
It is the Penn Relays, and from April 26 through April 28, the University of Pennsylvania’s Franklin Field played host to what was the [...]
Priest a constant at Conwell-Egan
Posted on May 2nd, 2012
For 54 years, Father Fidelis Weber has walked the halls of Conwell-Egan (formerly Bishop Egan) High School in Fairless Hills. While the name and location of the school has changed over the decades, Father Fidelis, teacher of English, Spanish and religion, and director of the guidance office, has remained a constant.
The Third Order Regular Franciscan [...]
Parish fundraisers yielding positive results
Posted on April 13th, 2012Capital campaigns are never easy, and it is remarkable that the Heritage of Faith — Vision of Hope archdiocesan campaign that ended in early 2011 surpassed its stated goal of $200 million in pledges. It took a lot of grassroots effort in the parishes, and probably more so in the 18 parishes where planned parish [...]
Ainsley a positive role model for young people
Posted on April 12th, 2012
If a teenager’s merit is judged by his positive influence on youngsters, Holy Ghost Preparatory School senior Jeff Ainsley is way ahead of the curve.
Take the reaction of those he helps coach during summer basketball camp.
“The kids love Jeff,” said longtime Holy Ghost athletic director Jim Stewart. “Their eyes light up when he works with [...]
Priest shared life’s wisdom with former student
Posted on April 10th, 2012“Green Bananas: the Wisdom of Father Bill Atkinson” really sounds like a weird title for a book about a deceased priest. You have to know the context.
As author Steve McWilliams explains in his introduction, when Father Atkinson was approached by Villanova University to receive an honorary degree and speak, he wrote back, “I never buy [...]
Archbishop’s new book sees ‘the next America’
Posted on April 10th, 2012Archbishop Charles Chaput’s 2008 book “Render Unto Caesar” was, in his own words, “about the importance of Catholics witnessing their faith vigorously in public life — not simply as a matter of good citizenship, but also as an obligation to the Gospel.”
Now in a shorter eBook, “A Heart on Fire: Catholic Witness and the Next [...]
What seeds will God plant this Easter?
Posted on April 10th, 2012It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb. — Jn. 20:1
Twenty-nine years ago, near midnight, I walked out the door of my campus apartment. One by one, we gathered [...]
A proper burial — 180 years in the making
Posted on April 10th, 2012They emigrated to the United States in the early summer of 1832 from Donegal, Tyrone and Derry Counties in Ireland. Hired off the docks in Philadelphia to work on a stretch of tracks on the Pennsylvania & Columbia Railroad (which later became the Reading and Columbia Railroad) between Philadelphia and Lancaster County, 57 Irish immigrants [...]
Father-daughter duo bond through basketball
Posted on April 9th, 2012
Sports can sometimes be a family affair. This has been the case for the Creighton family as Archbishop Carroll head basketball coach Chuck Creighton and his daughter Meghan, a senior and All-Area Team point guard at Carroll, have shared a long road of basketball together.
Their basketball journey dates back to when Meghan was 6 years [...]
