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Seminary opens its doors, welcomes hundreds for sacred music

The 30th annual Christmas concert at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, featuring sacred choral and instrumental music, capped a day in which Catholics came to tour the grand buildings in Wynnewood and meet the seminarians.

Operation Bundle Up keeps kids warm, stretches family budgets

Catholic Community Services led a drive to give 780 winter coats to needy Northeast Philadelphia families last Saturday. Read and hear CCS staff describe the rising need for children's coats and the joy of giving them.

Sisters of Life bring joyful ministry to pregnant women in Philadelphia

Archbishop Chaput blessed the new home in Philadelphia for five vibrant sisters of the New York-based order. They will walk with women who are pregnant or healing after an abortion -- and lift up the city in daily prayer.

These Christmas cards spread good cheer while feeding the needy

Continuing a tradition for more than 30 years, the purchase of archdiocesan Nutritional Development Services' Alternative Christmas Cards will help restock food cupboards and soup kitchens.

Area parishes to host addiction awareness series

St. Bede the Venerable and St. Margaret Parishes will host "We Thirst: Lessons in Mercy," an in-depth workshop presented by recovery specialist and speaker Nina Marie Corona.

Second car used by the pope in Phila. goes up for auction

Bids are now being accepted through Dec. 20 at an online auction website for one of the two Fiat sedans used to transport Pope Francis during his September 2015 visit to the city.

On Giving Tuesday, two Catholic charities lead call for generosity

After the shopping spree of Black Friday, the Catholic Foundation of Greater Philadelphia is urging consumers to donate to worthy causes today. Among them locally are Mother of Mercy House and St. Edmond's Home for Children.

Abortion survivor tells story of secrecy, and love, to area pro-lifers

Melissa Ohden should not have been the guest speaker at the Pro-Life Union's banquet last week. She should not have been born at all. But she survived an abortion procedure, was adopted and only discovered the truth by accident.

St. Katherine’s parishioners reach out with Family Volunteer Day

From preschoolers to octogenarians, members of the Northeast Philadelphia parish packaged 500 Thanksgiving meals, visited the sick and showed how much they care for everyone in the community not only last Saturday, but every day.

Young adults tap into faith-science debate at Media event

The Theology on Tap series hosted Nov. 16 by the Nativity B.V.M. Parish young adults called on a young scientist and MIT grad to discuss how religious truths can harmonize with scientific truths.