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Agency awarded $25K to connect seniors with food benefits
Archdiocesan Catholic Housing and Community Services will use the funds to counter the growing problem of hunger among older adults.
Archdiocese raising awareness of teen dating violence
An Aug. 18 webinar, co-sponsored by the Office for Youth and Child Protection, highlighted a growing issue many adults dismiss, and most teens don't report.
Local advocates back bill for early childhood development
Volunteers with Catholic Relief Services are working to pass the Global Child Thrive Act, which would provide hungry children with food for mind and soul, as well as body.
FOCUS ministry coming to local parish, thanks to grant
The Catholic Foundation of Greater Philadelphia has granted $74,000 to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for a missionary to evangelize at St. Agnes Parish, Sellersville.
St. Charles Seminary welcomes 27 new men among 156 this year
A total of 74 seminarians are studying for the Philadelphia Archdiocese as the seminary observes health protocols and program modifications for in-person instruction.
Videos lay out details of Catholic school reopening plans
Parents of Catholic school students in the Philadelphia Archdiocese are learning of instruction protocols from school leaders through a series of new video messages before the Sept. 1 start of school in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
South Phila. parish honors Beirut victims, raises funds for relief
St. Maron Maronite Church remembered the 170 killed in an Aug. 4 explosion, while launching a drive to help hundreds of thousands left homeless and hungry by the tragedy.
Archdiocese brings senior housing to suburbs
St. Joseph Place in Collingdale will provide 50 apartments for income-qualified seniors age 62 and older, while giving new life to former parish classrooms.
Friends on earth help Black Catholic priest toward sainthood
Venerable Augustus Tolton, the first Roman Catholic priest in the U.S. known to be Black, is moving closer to canonization thanks to the efforts of Philly faithful.
Rosary rally on Aug. 15 calls for ‘radical transformation’ of nation
An online recitation of all four sets of mysteries, led by the Sisters of Life and Archdiocese of Philadelphia seminarians, will invoke Mary's intercession for peace amid troubled times.