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Food relief drive for local families needs a ton of help
With hunger and unemployment made worse by COVID, Nutritional Development Services is 2,000 pounds short of its goal for nonperishable items. It's not too late to donate.
Connelly Foundation steps in to COVID response with grants
Every organization has been affected by the pandemic, and the local nonprofit is helping numerous groups continue operating with $3 million in grants since March 26.
Catholic education, also at risk from COVID, getting help
Faith in the Future Foundation, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, the Foundation for Catholic Education and BLOCS will aid struggling school families through the Tuition Assistance Campaign.
Two Chester County Catholic schools won’t reopen in fall
Sacred Heart School in Oxford and St. Cornelius School in Chadds Ford have closed because of enrollment dwindling to a point that the schools could not be sustained.
State’s ‘green’ phase allows more in pews, but precautions continue
Churches can now seat up to 75% of their building occupancy, but face masks and receiving holy Communion by hand are still "strongly recommended" by the Philadelphia Archdiocese.
Local DACA youth ‘can breathe’ for now after Supreme Court ruling
A June 18 decision to uphold the program, which protects qualified undocumented youth from deportation, inspired relief -- but "we still have so much work to do," said one area recipient.
What to do with old electronics? St. John Chrysostom has the answer
The Delaware County parish partnered June 20 with a local recycling nonprofit that employs former prisoners reentering society. Residents brought out three truckloads, and good wishes.
Liturgical artist uses gifts to heal wounds of racism
Oblate Brother Mickey McGrath has created a series of images that take a faith-based look at the struggle for racial equality. He relies on Black Catholic spirituality.
Grant to Divine Providence Village keeps disabled adults active
Intellectually disabled adults at an archdiocesan day program are discovering their artistic and athletic talents, thanks to a $5,000 grant from the Sisters of St. Joseph.
Archdiocese pays $50 million, so far, to abuse survivors
A new report from the Independent Reconciliation and Reparations Program shows that 222 claimants received an average of $225,000 per claim to help their healing from clergy sexual abuse.