Features
Our Lady of Grace rallies community for shut-ins
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PENNDEL – It was most definitely a day on, not a day off, on Jan. 19 in the gymnasium of Our Lady of Grace School, Penndel. There, a couple hundred volunteers marked Martin Luther King’s birthday by assembling meals for distribution to physically frail shut-ins by Aid for Friends […]
St. Anastasia takes on Day of Service
By Ruth HeilSpecial to The CS&T NEWTOWN SQUARE – The cafeteria of St. Anastasia School was transformed into a sewing shop, card shop and sandwich shop as activities commemorated the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, Jan. 19. In the morning, prayers were stitched into brightly colored fabric to create pillowcases and quilts […]
Dedication makes West Oak Lane school special
By Arlene EdmondsSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – The 30 kindergarten students at St. Athanasius-Immaculate Conception School in the city’s West Oak Lane section are high energy and eager. Walk into the orderly classroom and you will know that a Christ-centered education is being delivered here. The respectful young pupils sit on the floor mat […]
Young writer sees fiction published in national magazine
By Nadia Maria SmithCS&T Staff Writer Eleven-year-old Maura Avington is a budding writer with a promising future. She was the winner of American Girl magazine’s latest short story contest and had her story published in the January/February issue of the national magazine loved by many tweens. “I was really, really excited,” Maura said. “I was […]
Principal of St. Luke School receives national award
By Arlene EdmondsSpecial to The CS&T Sister of St. Joseph William Adele, principal of St. Luke the Evangelist School in Glenside, received the prestigious 2009 Robert J. Kealey Distinguished Principal Award from the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) recently. She will be presented the actual honor at the Elementary Department Awards Banquet to be held […]
St. Hubert creates space for art to inspire
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls is justly proud of its newly renovated art room, all bright and shiny and thoroughly up-to-date thanks to a recent capital campaign. There is new flooring, lighting and a ceramics facility with a kiln, as well as new counters, sinks, […]
Special ed students inspired to do their best
Archdiocesan schools of special education change the lives of students and their parentsBy Nadia Maria SmithCS&T Staff Writer Christina Bogdan, a mother of 10 children, didn’t know that her doctor had ordered genetic testing when she was pregnant with her seventh child, Andrew. The results indicated that her child might be born with Down syndrome. […]
Changeless mission in changing times
Year of St. Paul, Lent, are occasions for evangelization initiativeBy Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Expect someone from your parish to come knocking on your door during a weekend in March. Better yet, following the example of St. Paul – resolve to be knocking on doors yourself. It’s called “Make Every Person Count,” and it’s […]
Challenges to the tribe
By Msgr. Hugh J. Shields The other night leaving my sister’s home, her husband, Jim, commented on how nice it was to see the seminarians’ pictures in The Catholic Standard & Times. But, he added, “Where are the Hispanic/Latino seminarians?” (We do not have any seminarians from the Philadelphia-area Hispanic community studying at St. Charles […]
Desafíos al pueblo
De nuestro vicarioMons. Hugh J. Shields La otra noche cuando me marchaba de la casa de mi hermana, su esposo Jim comentó lo agradable que fue ver las fotografías de los seminaristas en nuestro Catholic Standard & Times. ¿Pero, él añadió, «dónde están los seminaristas hispanos/latinos?».(No tenemos ningún seminarista de la comunidad hispana del área […]