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Sisters of St. Francis offer tours of motherhouse
Posted on January 30th, 2015The congregation invites all families to come meet the sisters and to take a tour of Our Lady of Angels Convent in Aston on Sunday, Feb. 8.
Nativity School’s students dance 6 hours to support kids with cancer
Posted on January 30th, 2015
The Warminster Catholic school hoped to raise $8,000 in a one-day marathon of dancing and fun activities, in tandem with a Penn State University fundraiser. The students instead raised $38,000.
North Wales school honors local military servicemen
Posted on January 30th, 2015National Guard members from the Horsham Air Guard Station and veterans from Chalfont VFW Post #3258 visited Mary Mother of the Redeemer School at an assembly Jan. 26.
St. Mark School honors beloved pastor in Bristol
Posted on January 30th, 2015
The archdiocesan Office of Catholic Education and the parish community surprised Father Dennis Mooney with an award for his dedication to the parish school and its students, which he called “the love of my life.”
Mary’s intercession sought for persecuted Christians in Middle East
Posted on January 30th, 2015
Archbishop Charles Chaput joins Bishop Francis Kalabat of the Chaldean Diocese of St. Thomas the Apostle in encouraging Catholics to pray the rosary and a special prayer for Christians especially in Iraq and Syria.
St. Christopher School honors local peace officers
Posted on January 30th, 2015
Students from Kindergarten through eighth grades sang songs, gave thanks and presented plaques to 50 firefighters and police officers visiting the Northeast Philadelphia school this week.
CHA brief urges U.S. Supreme Court to maintain health care subsidies
Posted on January 30th, 2015
If the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down federal subsidies that have helped millions of people get health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act, it will be “an incredible cruelty,” said the president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association.
Campaign aims to fight ‘modern-day slavery’ of human trafficking
Posted on January 30th, 2015
“Critical to winning this battle” against human trafficking is “the ability to disrupt (its) business model,” a former Marine Corps general said at a media briefing Jan. 29 in Washington.
New film ‘Black or White’ aims to ‘start the conversation’ on race
Posted on January 30th, 2015
It is not an overtly “religious” film. Other than a brief funeral scene inside of a church early in the film, there is no mention of God, or of a particular faith or religion. And yet, “Black or White” is, according to its makers and stars, clearly a film that addresses what might be called “faith-based” values and behaviors.
Today’s teaching on the family
Posted on January 30th, 2015See the daily excerpt from the preparatory catechesis for the 2015 World Meeting of Families, “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive.”