Villa Maria Academy High School to graduate 103 seniors

Villa Maria Academy High School, 370 Old Lincoln Highway in Malvern, will graduate 103 seniors at a baccalaureate Mass and graduation ceremony on Saturday, June 1, at 11 a.m. at St. Elizabeth Church, 120 St. Elizabeth Drive, Uwchlan.
The valedictorian is Mary Elizabeth Shea.  The salutatorian is Cailey Megan Bice.
The main celebrant and homilist for the [...]

Alvare talk on women, religious freedom, draws hundreds to seminary

Approximately 240 people came to hear the lecture of noted Catholic speaker Helen Alvare May 14 at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary.

Alvare’s talk, “Women’s Freedom and Religious Freedom: Collaboration or Clash?” was followed by a question and answer session with the audience, which included Archbishop Charles Chaput.

Nazareth Academy to graduate 106 seniors June 2

Nazareth Academy High School, 4001 Grant Avenue in Philadelphia, will welcome 106 graduating seniors to its graduation ceremonies Sunday, June 2, at 11:30 a.m. at Holy Family University Center, Philadelphia. Sister Mary Joan Jacobs, C.S.F.N., principal of Nazareth Academy High School, will preside. The welcome address will be given by Molly Theresa Scullion, class president. The valedictorian is Victoria Christine Szafara. The salutatorian is Michelle Ann Hillsman. The Baccalaureate Mass will be celebrated the same day at 9:45 a.m. at Nazareth Academy High School Chapel. The main celebrant and homilist will be Father Kevin M. Nadolski, O.S.F.S.

Conestoga Bank uses OSTC program to help Neumann Goretti High School students

Conestoga Bank donated $10,000 to SS. John Neumann and Maria Goretti Catholic High School, South Philadelphia, utilizing Pennsylvania’s new Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit program.

St. Charles Borromeo Seminary hosts Three Irish Tenors concert

Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary recently hosted a sold out concert performance by the Three Irish Tenors. The fundraising event was created to further
support the ongoing mission of the Seminary in forming priests for the future. Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. and Bishop Timothy Senior, Rector of the Seminary, were joined by more than 450 [...]

Students pray for Boston

On Friday, April 19th, students from Cardinal O’Hara High School came together to pray for those effected by the Boston Marathon bombing.  It was optional for students to attend and hundreds showed up in support.  Students from the running teams lead their classmates in praying the rosary.  The event was planned early in the week. [...]

St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, opens four state-of-the-art operating rooms

Lieutenant Governor Jim Cawley along with state Senator Robert M. “Tommy” Tomlinson, State Representatives Frank Farry and Scott Petri and other dignitaries present a $3 million check for a state capital grant to support the Surgical Services Expansion at St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, as they open four new state-of-the-art operating rooms.
St. Mary Medical Center, [...]

Exton Catholic school gathers donations for school, Chester County Food Bank

Fifth graders and the principal of SS. Philip and James School, Exton, show the results of the school’s food drive and fundraising efforts. From left are: Patrick Stack, Margaret Kelly, Julia Darlak, Sister Helen Thomas, I.H.M., Mary Joyce, Andrew Person and Jacob Dyke.
Students of SS. Philip and James School, Exton, donated non-perishable food items and [...]

Cheltenham Catholic school students enjoy trip to nature center

The student Prayer Partners of Presentation B.V.M. School in Cheltenham visited the Silver Lake Nature Center in Bristol Feb. 20 for a field trip. They watched sap drip from a maple tree and were able to taste it. Students used stethoscopes to hear the sap running inside the tree.
Students also saw and touched pelts from animals [...]

St. Hubert High School celebrates anniversary of school remaining open

Hundreds of students, faculty, alumnae,  family and friends of St. Hubert High School for Girls celebrated the one year anniversary of the school remaining open on Sunday February 24, 2013.  The group gathered at the intersection of Cottman and Frankford Avenues and walked to the front steps of the school where they sung the school’s Alma [...]