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Celebrate sacred days of Holy Week at home, with hope
Even as public gatherings for the liturgies of Holy Week are suspended due to fears of COVID-19, Catholic Christians at home can use a variety of creative tools and methods to enrich their Easter preparations.
Holy Week liturgies across the Archdiocese of Philadelphia
See our growing list of parishes, schools and monasteries presenting livestreamed or prerecorded Masses, liturgies and devotions during these holiest of days of the church's year.
South Philly parishioners treat first responders to lunch
Members of St. Monica, Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Stella Maris raised more than $3,000 to provide pizza and strombolis for some 500 police, firefighters and emergency room staff.
Demand at St. John’s Hospice triples; $30,000 needed for April
The archdiocesan ministry that serves homeless men is seeing a steep uptick in clients seeking food because of the coronavirus. Your emergency donation can help sustain the outreach.
Thousands learn to ‘cling to God’ in 1st night of virtual retreat
Father Matthew Guckin spoke of meeting fear from the coronavirus with love and responding to the invitation to go to God, as more than 13,000 people joined the archdiocese's six-day online retreat.
Catholic agency still feeding local kids during pandemic
Nutritional Development Services will deliver some 14,000 federally funded meals this week to more than 25 sites in the Philadelphia region as food insecurity grows.
Join in the Lenten virtual retreat this week
Watch, listen and pray in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia's “The Power of Faith and Hope in a Time of Uncertainty: A Virtual Lenten Retreat" featuring a video presentation every evening at 7 p.m.
Archbishop Perez invites all to online Lenten retreat
A slate of local priests, religious and lay leaders will offer a six-night series of videos offering reflections and prayers next week starting at 7 p.m. Monday, March 30.
With few college students to feed, Neumann U donates its fresh food
The Delaware County university now feeds only a handful of students instead of 700 a day, so it donated perishable foods to families of Drexel Neumann Academy, a Catholic school in Chester.
As hard times descend, Project HOME still caring ‘for the least of these’
Philadelphia's premier organization for service to chronically homeless persons faces new challenges from coronavirus restrictions and rising joblessness.