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Chester County School Takes Home National Blue Ribbon Honor
Holy Family Catholic School in Phoenixville was named a National Blue Ribbon School Sept. 23, one of 40 private schools selected nationally for this distinction.
Women of Mercy Hospice Grow in Faith, Show Recovery from Substance Use is Possible
The Center City Philadelphia residential community of Catholic Social Services hosts up to 31 single women particularly mothers with young children in the journey of recovery, with all the educational, social and spiritual support they need.
Agency Awarded for Repurposing NE Phila. Church Building into Senior Housing
Catholic Housing and Community Services has been selected as the $10,000 second prize winner of the To the Heights Award issued by the Church Properties Initiative, a project of the University of Notre Dame's Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate.
Blessing of the Cars Helps Drive Engagement of Montco Parishioners
“We spend half of our life in the car,” said Father James DeGrassa, the new pastor of Queen of Peace Parish in Ardsley. So he put into gear a new social and spiritual event that fosters growth and evangelization in the parish.
Archdiocesan Agency Helps Philly-Area Students Have Full Bellies, Healthy Minds After School
Nutritional Development Services is providing hundreds of area kids with a nutritional boost after school since “not every child is going home to dinner,” says an administrator.
Msgr. John Savinski to Receive Honors from Pope Francis
Known as a model of humility and hard work over his 53 years of priestly ministry, he will receive the Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice on Sept. 22 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Morton.
Robert Delany Named BLOCS New CEO
Robert Delany will lead BLOCS as its new Chief Executive Officer, the scholarship organization announced Sept. 9.
Father Judge Receives Its Second $1 Million Gift from an Alum in a Month
This gift coincides with the 70th anniversary of the Northeast Philadelphia archdiocesan high school for boys.
Archbishop Consecrates New Seminary Chapel Dedicated to Blessed Mother
In an ornate liturgy Sept. 8 at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary’s new Lower Gwynedd campus, Immaculate Conception Chapel – featuring elements of two chapels from the former Overbrook campus – was formally blessed as “the heart of the seminary.”
71 Catholic Grade Schools Honored for Excellence
Around seven dozen Catholic elementary schools in the five-county region have been recognized for attaining high marks in their mission.