Calendar of Events
Men’s conference featuring Ukrainian Catholic archbishop coming to Yardley
All men are invited to a conference just for men Monday, July 15 at St. Ignatius Church, located at 999 Reading Avenue in Yardley. Msgr. Ralph Chieffo and Msgr. Myron Grabowsky will lead the men’s ministry event. The guest speaker will be Archbishop Stefan Soroka of the Ukrainian Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The event begins at […]
West Catholic alumni heading to N.J. for ‘Burrs at the Beach’
The 26th annual “Burrs at the Beach” event hosted by the West Catholic Alumni Association will be held Sunday, July 7 from 1 to 7 p.m. at Westy’s Irish Pub in North Wildwood, N.J. Proceeds will provide needy Catholic students of West Catholic High School with tuition support. Each year approximately 60 students receive financial […]
Information offered for prospective deacons
If you are a man in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia considering a call to Holy Orders as a permanent deacon, please plan on attending an information morning beginning at 8:45 a.m. in Immaculate Conception Chapel, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, on Saturday, Aug. 3. Married men must attend with their wives and preregistration is required. If […]
Holy Redeemer Thrift Store hosts antiques auction
The Holy Redeemer Thrift Store will host a live auction of its finest antiques, art, jewelry and collectibles on Sunday, June 23 at 3 p.m. Registration, light refreshments, and a preview of the more than 25 auction items will be available prior to the event, beginning at 2 p.m. The auction is free to the public […]
Cardinal Dougherty H.S. graduates plan 50th reunion
Cardinal Dougherty High School’s class of 1963 will celebrate its 50th reunion Oct. 26 at the Embassy Suites hotel in Wayne. For more information contact cdclassof63@verizon.net or call 215-837-7677.
Miraculous Medal Shrine offers summer novena
The Miraculous Medal Shrine invites everyone to its Summer Novena of Faith, June 9-17, at 500 East Chelten Ave., in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. The theme is “Our faith: The passion, death and resurrection of Christ Jesus.” Bishop Joseph F. Martino will celebrate the formal closing of the novena with Mass at 12:05 p.m. on June 17.
Mater Dolorosa Parish plans farewell Mass, procession
Mater Dolorosa Parish, a beacon of faith in the Frankford area for over 100 years, will celebrate its farewell Mass on Sunday, June 30. A “procession of solidarity” begins the day’s events at 11 a.m., in which parishioners and friends are invited to gather at Paul and Unity Streets (the site of the original chapel and […]
Catholic Relief Services offers parish-based program in Rosemont
Catholic Relief Services invites the public to hear first-hand accounts of the organization’s work in Africa during the program titled “Turn Compassion into Action – Sharing the Global Mission of Our Church” on Thursday, June 13 from 6-8 p.m. in the Rosemont Auditorium of St. Thomas of Villanova Parish, Rosemont. Participants will also discover easy-to-use, […]
Helen Alvare to speak in Year of Faith lecture series
Helen Alvare will speak on “Women’s Freedom and Religious Freedom: Collaboration or Clash?” during a talk Tuesday, May 14 at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary’s Vianney Hall, 100 East Wynnewood Road in Wynnewood. (See related story here.) Part of Archbishop Charles Chaput’s Year of Faith Lecture Series, Alvare’s talk begins at 7 p.m. and includes a question-and-answer […]
Memorial Masses scheduled for the late Bishop Joseph McFadden
A memorial Mass for Bishop Joseph P. McFadden will be celebrated at Cardinal O’Hara High School in Springfield at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 15. The bishop, who served as president of the school from 1993 to 2001, died May 2 and was buried May 8 in Harrisburg, for which he served the diocese as its […]