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Christmas feast brings hope, joy to older adults amid COVID
Catholic Housing and Community Services teamed up with area partners to deliver holiday meals, treats, gifts, cards -- and above all, compassion -- to residents of archdiocesan senior living complexes.
Seniors share their favorite Christmas memories
Church pageants, family celebrations, carols, cookies, Bing Crosby and Motown are among the cherished recollections of older adults served by archdiocesan Catholic Housing and Community Services.
Christmas levels divisions by lifting all, says West Phila. priest
During midnight Mass at St. Cyprian Parish, pastor Msgr. Federico Britto said Christ's incarnation raises humanity to "a higher plateau," where strangers become brothers and sisters.
Racer, tech firm donate $50K – and a challenge – to archdiocesan hunger relief agency
John McAleer and his Convergence Acceleration Solutions (CAS) Group have teamed up with Nutritional Development Services to take food insecurity to the finish line -- and you can help.
‘COVID Christmas’ makes recovery challenging, but not impossible, say local experts
The holidays can intensify substance abuse, which soared during the pandemic, said addiction ministry leaders Father Douglas McKay and Deacon Dan Giblin. Prayer, perspective and compassion sustain sobriety.
Despite COVID and snowstorm, Christmas still came for kids
The Archbishop's Benefit for Children, an annual fundraiser that concludes with a lavish holiday party for kids, looked different this year but the joy and hope it creates remained stronger than ever.
Our Lady of Guadalupe a ‘gift to the church,’ says archbishop
At a Dec. 11 vigil Mass for the beloved Marian feast day, Archbishop Nelson Pérez described Mary as the "perfect model" of discipleship, through whom "God encounters his people."
Papal Foundation’s COVID-19 grants will aid ‘poorest of the poor’
Dioceses in 16 developing countries will receive funds to buy medicine, food, hygiene kits and health care equipment to support families, orphans, malnourished children, the elderly and chronically ill, thanks to the Philadelphia-based foundation.
Local students win national Christmas artwork contest
Andrea Verch of the Regina Coeli Academy and Toni Frank of St. James Regional School took top honors in a competition sponsored by the Missionary Child Association, whose local office also gathered children for a World Mission Rosary.
Delco parish delivers early Christmas to care center
St. John Chrysostom in Wallingford gifted residents and staff of the archdiocesan Divine Providence Village with pajamas, handmade scarves and cards, as part of a wide-ranging holiday outreach.