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A proper burial — 180 years in the making
They emigrated to the United States in the early summer of 1832 from Donegal, Tyrone and Derry Counties in Ireland. Hired off the docks in Philadelphia to work on a stretch of tracks on the Pennsylvania & Columbia Railroad (which later became the Reading and Columbia Railroad) between Philadelphia and Lancaster County, 57 Irish immigrants […]
Father-daughter duo bond through basketball
Sports can sometimes be a family affair. This has been the case for the Creighton family as Archbishop Carroll head basketball coach Chuck Creighton and his daughter Meghan, a senior and All-Area Team point guard at Carroll, have shared a long road of basketball together. Their basketball journey dates back to when Meghan was 6 […]
Accepting disability with faith in God
Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis (HSP) is classified as a rare disease with only a handful of people per 100,000 contracting it. That’s not much comfort to Helen Kienlem, because the first word is operative — it runs in families. The seventh of the eight children of Joan and John Kienlem, she is one of six in […]
Bishops call for day of prayer and fasting
7 de marzo de 2012 Hermanos y hermanas en Cristo: El ataque del gobierno federal a la libertad religiosa, constitucionalmente garantizada, continúa. Nuestra preocupación y alarma surge a partir de un mandato del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS, por sus siglas en inglés) que castiga a la Iglesia por sus creencias firmemente sostenidas […]
St. Bede basketball team raises money for homeless shelter
St. Bede’s fourth grade CYO team raised $1,000 for a homeless shelter in Levittown. Every girl on the team solicited pledges for every rebound they grabbed during their game on Sunday, Feb.19. Each rebound was worth $50, and the girls were able to get 20 rebounds during the game which they won, 21-16.
Concentración pro libertad religiosa
Concentración pro libertad religiosa en Independence Hall Viernes, 23 de marzo del 2012 12 mediodía a 2:00 p.m. ¡Vengan Todos! En enero 20, la administración de Obama dejó claro que el nuevo mandato del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS, sigla en inglés) que exige a los empleadores proporcionar en forma gratuita contraceptivos, esterilización […]
Raising funds for Catholic schools
Catholic education is of utmost importance to Al Gabriele, a retired businessman and entrepreneur, whose career most recently was in the printing field. A member of St. Rose of Lima Parish in North Wales, he recently finished chairing a highly successful $25 million capital campaign for La Salle College High School in Wyndmoor. It took […]
Neumann-Goretti prevails in 59-57 OT win over the Prep
How to explain it? Less than three minutes into the game, Neumann-Goretti High School had drilled a trio of three-point shots and was ahead, 11-0. St. Joseph’s Prep didn’t score its first points with 4:17 left in the first quarter. In the end? The game somehow went into overtime, and as they have done against […]
Carroll snags Catholic League title in nail biter
Archbishop Carroll was ahead by three and hanging by a thread. Archbishop Wood senior Alex Heck drove through the lane and scored untouched to put her team down by one with 22.3 seconds remaining in overtime. A timeout was called and both teams jogged toward their respective benches. Junior Sarah Curran, the defender who had […]
Children’s mission of mercy feeds the hungry, homeless
Kick boxing, piano lessons, St. Mary Interparochial School, food preparation and Mercy Hospice. What on earth could they have in common? It’s complicated. About 10 kids attending the lower grades at St. Mary, located in Olde City, Philadelphia, meet at the home of the Holahan family every Friday after school for piano lessons, which are […]