Commentaries
The first – and last – ‘European’?
One of the great bits of repartee in “The King’s Speech” movie comes as the maverick Australian speech therapist, Lionel Logue, is just getting to know His Royal Highness Prince Albert, the stammering Duke of York: Logue: “Surely a prince’s brain knows what his mouth’s doing?” Bertie: “You’re obviously not well acquainted with many royal princes.”
The multicultural parish: Learning to expect differences
In a multicultural parish there will be various ways of doing the same activity. Isn’t that why our churches are filled with images of Mary and the saints: St. Anthony for the Italians, St. Hedwig for the Polish and St. Patrick for the Irish? And Our Lady of Knock, of Czestochowa, of Good Counsel, of Fatima? Isn’t that why we have so many different prayer groups, societies and associations?
Catholic Charities Appeal surpasses goal
Thanks to the hard work and dedication of individual parishes, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has surpassed the $8 million goal that was set for the 2011 Catholic Charities Appeal.
New life-affirming law helps grieving parents
By Mary Kathleen O’Connor Mothers of stillborn children endure the unimaginable hardship of carrying a child in pregnancy only to learn their little boy or girl died before birth. For many parents in Pennsylvania, the devastation over the death of their child is combined with confusion and anger that upon the child’s delivery, a fetal […]