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Archdiocese closes schools, PREP to prevent coronavirus
Students and teachers will move to online learning through March 27, as task force members meet "daily, if not hourly" to respond to the pandemic.
Archbishop Perez to offer livestreamed Mass for those affected by coronavirus
The March 15 liturgy at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul will be the first of regular Sunday Masses to be broadcast online, as faithful heed directives to avoid crowds.
Nightly online rosary set to ‘push back’ against coronavirus
From March 13 to 24, the archdiocesan Office for the New Evangelization will lead an 8 p.m. rosary -- online and by phone -- for an end to the pandemic.
On virus concerns, Catholics excused from Sunday Mass
Faithful in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and across Pennsylvania not wishing to attend Sunday Mass for fear of spreading or contracting the coronavirus are no longer obligated to do so, until further notice.
Catholic students get up and dance for special education
At St. Hubert High School for Girls' third annual Dance-A-Rama on March 10, some 200 Bambies raised more than $11,000 for Our Lady of Confidence Day School, which serves kids with intellectual disabilities.
12-year success of Man Up Philly shows there’s hope for faith
At the men's conference March 7 at Neumann University, a crowd of 1,500 Catholic men of all ages and backgrounds impressed Archbishop Nelson Perez as a witness to faith in the world.
Families receive ‘financial formation’ for home ownership
A recent workshop sponsored by archdiocesan Catholic Social Services, St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Bensalem and BB&T helped participants to "bank on success."
Boot drive helps homeless men walk down all of life’s streets
St. John’s Hospice, an archdiocesan ministry that serves men experiencing homelessness, is holding its annual drive to collect new boots. On the streets, poor foot health leads to bigger problems.
Young Hispanic men, families see seminarians’ life of prayer, action
The approximately 125 youths and their families at Hispanic Family Day, sponsored by the archdiocesan vocations office, played soccer, prayed and ate with the men at St. Charles Seminary March 8.
Catholic high schools open doors to prospective students
Eighteen schools are welcoming hundreds of seventh-graders from throughout the five-county area on March 11 as part of the fourth annual "Universal Visitation Day."