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Philadelphians set to add their numbers to March for Life in D.C.
Parishioners and groups are ready for the Jan. 27 annual rally in Washington, D.C. Many pro-lifers feel encouraged by President-elect Donald Trump, who will be inaugurated a week earlier. Local events begin this Saturday.
In Germantown, Vincentians worldwide plan global service to the poor
Fourteen delegates representing 200 religious congregations in the Vincentian family of priests, sisters and lay people met this week to plan works of charity, especially for all homeless people, for the next year.
After 36 years of feeding the hungers of the human family, Ayella retires
Anne Healy Ayella retired this month from archdiocesan Nutritional Development Services, where she helped feed countless people through food drives, to care for her granddaughter. She will stay active with Catholic Relief Services locally.
500 kids enjoy ‘the best day ever’ with Archbishop Chaput at Christmas party
The Archbishop's Christmas Benefit for Children, in its 61st year, treated some of the 16,000 children across the region served annually by Catholic Social Services to a grand party with treats, gifts, songs and a pageant, plus Santa Claus.
Archbishop Chaput wishes all a joyous Christmas
Listen to the audio Christmas message of Archbishop Charles Chaput.
Archbishop Chaput’s words inspire, comfort prison inmates
During a visit Dec. 15 to the largest prison in Philadelphia, the archbishop emphasized all people are sinners, and he told the Curran-Fromhold inmates, “the people who will go to heaven are people like you.”
In Advent, the faithful pray special prayers at Mary’s shrine
Amidst all the decorating and shopping, Christians are also praying more intently this season in their homes, parish churches and, for Catholics near Germantown, at the Shrine of the Miraculous Medal.
Catholic congregation of former Anglicans seeing growth
St. John the Baptist Parish, part of a personal ordinariate in the Catholic Church for former Anglican and Episcopalian Christians, needed a larger church and found a home in a merged Catholic parish in Bridgeport, Montgomery County.
5,000 pounds of food from Goya will feed hungry families
The food company donated a truckload of food to archdiocesan Nutritional Development Services, which will distribute it to 50 food cupboards in the archdiocese. NDS provided 2.3 million meals last year, up 6 percent.
Fathers key to strong family and society, writer tells Serra Club
Members of the club that prays and works to promote vocations heard a speaker reflect on fatherhood and warn of the societal dangers when children grow up without a father. Almost half of those kids will live in poverty.