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Festivities Mark Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish’s 175th Year
The parish in Doylestown, which actively serves the Bucks County community, will celebrate numerous events in its anniversary year. The pastor cites 10% growth in members’ participation in the past year.
Friendly Partnership Grows Between Bucks County Catholic School, Nonprofit
St. Joseph/St. Robert School in Warrington helps raise funds for The Next Step, which serves young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and students get to know individuals with differences.
Want to Be a Missionary Disciple? Take the ‘Go, Make Disciples’ Course
Ever since Archbishop Pérez invited people in his pastoral letter to share their Catholic faith, registrations for a three-session course exploded. Local Catholics are gaining confidence to speak and pray with others.
Mass on St. Katharine Drexel’s Feast Day Begins Year Honoring Philly’s Own Saint
Events culminating with the 25th anniversary of her canonization will celebrate a saint whose resting place is inside the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul.
Lent Begins with Ash Wednesday, March 5
Masses with distribution of blessed ashes will be celebrated at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia, along with all other parishes in the archdiocese.
Catholic Charities Appeal Launches as ‘Beacon of Hope’ in Phila. Region
Archbishop Pérez led a news conference Feb. 27 to kick off the largest annual fundraiser in the Church of Philadelphia. Its $10 million goal benefits dozens of Catholic ministries that impact some 650,000 people through works of compassionate mercy each year.
Archdiocesan Secondary Schools to Hold Universal Visitation Day for Class of 2030
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia will hold a Universal Visitation Day for all its high schools throughout the five-county region on Thursday, March 20, 2025.
Archdiocese Launches CRS Rice Bowl, Celebrates 50th Anniversary
The nationwide Lenten program provides people of all ages with a way to put their faith into action through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.
‘God is Here’: Leader of Worldwide Ukrainian Catholic Church Joins Archbishop Pérez in Philadelphia Prayer Service
Archbishop Nelson Pérez, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, and other prelates led prayers during a service Feb. 16 prayer service to pray for peace and justice as they marked three years since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Philadelphia’s Drain Named to Key National Catholic Council
Daniel Drain, director of the Archdiocesan Office for Life and Family, will serve on the 40-member USCCB Advisory Council that consults on major decisions of the U.S. Catholic bishops.