World Meeting of Families 2015
Today’s teaching on the family
See the daily excerpt from the preparatory catechesis for the 2015 World Meeting of Families, “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive.”
Learn about Hispanic ministry in parish life
A program for people and parishes who have not yet worked with Hispanic ministry and may be considering how to serve the Hispanic community in their area will be offered this month in Philadelphia.
February newsletter: Office for Hispanic Catholics
See the February newsletter from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s office that serves Latino Catholics.
St. Laurence School celebrates Catholic Schools Week
The Upper Darby Catholic school held events that focused on achievements in the classroom, in the church and in the wider community.
Cabrini college hosts day-long forum to end human traffcking
As people around the world marked the first International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking Feb. 5, so too did the Catholic college in Radnor, with prayers and events for 150 students.
Sister’s work in Germantown lifts women out of prostitution
Sister Terry Shields runs Dawn's Place, an agency that is more than a shelter. It's a place where women trying to break free from trafficking and prostitution learn, among other positives, that they are loved.
Rosary, Mass, speakers featured at Reach Philly breakfast
A new evangelization prayer breakfast sponsored by FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) on Feb. 19 will feature Archbishop Charles Chaput celebrating morning Mass followed by speaker Jeff Cavins.
College of Cardinals to be briefed on progress of Curia Reform
High-level discussions continue on how exactly to reform the Roman Curia, but the idea of consolidating several offices into two large groups -- one with family, laity and life, and the other with justice and peace, migrants and charity -- seems to be taking form, the Vatican spokesman said.
Organizations, annual weeklong observance celebrate, support marriage
While the week leading up to St. Valentine's Day had many thinking about candlelit dinners and those chalky candy hearts, some people were taking a more serious approach by celebrating matrimony.
Rulings advance ‘misunderstanding of marriage,’ say Catholic officials
Same-sex couples began marrying Feb. 9 in Alabama after the U.S. Supreme Court refused a request from the state's attorney general to prevent such marriages from taking place until the high court rules later this year on the constitutionality of state bans on same-sex marriage.