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Coat drive warms hearts and homes
At the sixth annual Operation Bundle Up on Nov. 30, archdiocesan Catholic Social Services wrapped more than 500 kids and adults in winter gear, while connecting families with needed resources.
Full hearts, open hands at area Thanksgiving celebrations
Faithful throughout the Archdiocese celebrated the holiday with prayer, praise and a number of outreaches to those in need.
Parish draws 35 men, sons for theology talk via football party
St. Peter Parish in West Brandywine, Chester County invited men of the parish and their teen sons Nov. 17 to hear a talk about Theology of the Body, followed by lunch and the Eagles vs. Patriots game.
Pa. bishops visiting Rome won’t miss Thanksgiving meal
In their periodic required visit to meet with the pope at the Holy See, the bishops of Pennsylvania and New Jersey are discussing, praying and, with other Americans in Rome, eating together on Thursday.
Students develop ways for blockchain to ease poverty locally
A "hackathon" among 50 Villanova students from multiple disciplines studied how to use the emerging digital transaction technology to address poverty in concrete ways, such as credit management.
HUD secretary tours archdiocesan senior living facility
Ben Carson, who directs the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, visited Nativity B.V.M. Place on Nov. 22. Located in the city's Port Richmond section, the residence, one of five in the Archdiocese, provides affordable housing for older adults.
Long-whispered racism endured by nuns revealed by researcher
Shannen Dee Williams, in her Nov. 16 Black Catholic History Month presentation, exposed the racial prejudice that African American religious sisters faced in their ministries since the 19th century.
Homeless ministry marks third annual World Day of the Poor
Some 60 clients and supporters gathered on Nov. 18 at St. John's Hospice, an archdiocesan outreach that provides more than 300 hot meals each weekday, to reflect on how the disadvantaged offer an encounter with Christ himself.
Sex abuse crisis can lead to conversion church needs, theologian says
A Boston College professor told participants at a Villanova conference that the abuse crisis is an impetus toward reform. The church must listen to survivors and seek change as she discerns God’s will.
A Catholic school first: 6 Neumann scholars named in Media
Six of the eighth graders at St. Mary Magdalen School have won the prestigious four-year Catholic high school scholarship, the most from any one school in the history of the Connelly Foundation's program.