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Symposium discusses fake news, honors real journalist
St. Charles Borromeo Seminary hosted the annual John Cardinal Foley Symposium and Award Dinner May 24 in which a panel of communicators discussed the news industry and which saw the journalist Tim Russert honored.
Academic year at St. Charles Seminary ends with joyful graduations
Seminarians as well as religious and lay students enrolled in the seminary's college and graduate programs received their degrees at concursus, the annual graduation ceremony held May 16 in St. Martin's Chapel.
Six men ordained priests for Philadelphia Archdiocese
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput ordained six men to the priesthood and gave them their first parish assignments May 19 at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul.
Across the Aisles: St. Robert Bellarmine Parish
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput celebrated the 50th anniversary Mass for St. Robert Parish in Warrington on Sunday, June 3. See scenes from the Mass.
Archbishop blesses new senior housing development
St. John Neumann Place II, a 52-unit facility located in South Philadelphia, was officially dedicated in a May 15 ceremony. The complex is the fifth of its kind opened by Catholic Housing and Community Services.
Archbishop ordains 7 new transitional deacons for archdiocese
Ordained in a May 12 rite celebrated by Archbishop Charles Chaput, the seminarians will serve as deacons for the next year until their ordination as priests for the Philadelphia Archdiocese in 2019.
Celebrating the disabled, and the service they offer
As they do every month, parishioners of St. John Chrysostom Parish in Wallingford, Delaware County welcomed persons with disabilities and their caregivers to Sunday Mass on May 6.
Students build hands-on skills with innovative programs
St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls in Northeast Philadelphia offers a fashion design course and a Robotics Club in which the Bambies are learning valuable skills for the future.
Kids rule at Casa del Carmen carnival
The April 20 celebration capped the "Week of the Young Child" at Catholic Social Services' preschool academy, which holds top-level state accreditation.
Wedding Anniversary Mass
See scenes from the annual Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, at which couples celebrating various wedding anniversaries renewed their vows.