Features
Faithful citizens well prepared to vote
A final look before Election Day at the U.S. Bishops’ guide to forming conscience(Read the original four-part series here)By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T The voting booth and the confessional have a lot more in common than a curtain. Both are sacrosanct. The sins one tells in the confessional and the candidates one votes for […]
Local author pens book about grieving process
By Nadia Maria SmithCS&T Staff Writer “When Every Day Matters,” the new book by local Catholic author Mary Jane Hurley Brant, will bring comfort to anyone experiencing the death of a loved one. Hurley Brant, a psychotherapist and a parishioner of St. Thomas of Villanova Parish in Villanova, opens her heart to reveal her own […]
Un experto en Pastoral Juvenil les habla a la juventud hispana local
Jóvenes del reinopor María Reyes «El respeto para la cultura es arraigado en la dignidad de personas hechas en la imagen de Dios. La Iglesia muestra su estima para esta dignidad trabajando para asegurar ese pluralismo, no asimilación y uniformidad, son el principio de la vida de comunidades eclesiales y las sociedades seculares». (La Presencia […]
In his writings and life, St. Paul teaches how to pray
“It is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me.” (Gal. 2:20)By Deacon Louis MalfaraSpecial to The CS&T I recently gave a talk to St. William Parish’s Sodality about praying the rosary as a contemplative method, citing the teaching of several saints. As I completed the homily, I remember being frozen in […]
Special education choir proves we are all ‘one flock’
By NADIA MARIA SMITHCS&T Staff Writer The One Flock Choir is taking the Archdiocese of Philadelphia by storm and opening hearts and minds to the potential of children with special needs. The One Flock Choir is made up of 270 students from the five Catholic special education schools in the Archdiocese: Archangels’ Academy, Archbishop Ryan […]
St. John the Baptist Church, Manayunk: Photographs recreate feeling of being in church
By John T. GillespieSpecial to The CS&T MANAYUNK – Photo essayist Bruce Kravetz has lovingly rendered St. John the Baptist Church in Manayunk with a spectacular show of wall-size-panoramic photographs that capture the interior beauty of this 19th century neo-gothic marvel. The month-long exhibit that opens to the public Nov. 21 at the Artesano Gallery […]
Misa televisada en español
Telemundo y Arquidiócesis colaboran para una transmisión semanalPor NADIA MARIA SMITHRedacción del CS&T La Oficina para Católicos Hispanos junto con Telemundo WWSI‑TV 62, digital 49, ha anunciado que la transmisión de la primera misa dominical en la Arquidiócesis de Filadelfia televisada en el idioma español será el 2 de noviembre a las 6:30 A.M. en […]
Putting history Front and center at old St. Joseph
By NADIA MARIA SMITHCS&T Staff Writer The historic Old St. Joseph Parish is celebrating its 275th anniversary with a number of events throughout the year – the latest is a rededication of a 100-year-old religious freedom plaque given to the parish by the Knights of Columbus. The plaque was a gift for the parish’s 175th […]
Obispos católicos de Pensilvania
Octubre es el mes de Respeto por la Vida, una época especial de cada año en la que reflexionamos en la oración sobre la manera en que cada persona, en cada etapa de su vida, merece dignidad y respeto y en la que nos permitimos recordar que es necesario proteger a nuestros hermanos más vulnerables. […]
Sounding a resonant note
By Arlene EdmondsSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – Much of what is special about the music in liturgies at St. John the Baptist Church resides in the sound of the historic organ. The fact that the parish has a growing choir, a talented musical director and the fervor to pool its resources to refurbish the […]