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St. Katharine Drexel Shrine, motherhouse put up for sale
The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament's 44-acre site in Bensalem and a 2,200 acre property in Virginia will be sold. The remains of the order's foundress, Mother Katharine Drexel, will be moved to the cathedral.
Registration opens for women’s gathering this fall
The 2016 Catholic Women’s Conference, postponed for the World Meeting of Families, is back on track for a full day in Doylestown on Saturday, Oct. 29. More than 900 attended the last conference in 2013.
West Catholic HS alum gives $5 million in largest-ever gift to school
Leonard Mazur, class of 1963, and his wife Helen visited the school April 28, advising the students to help others someday as they have been helped. In his remarkable life people helped him when he needed it.
Cabrini College set to become a university this summer
The Radnor-based Catholic college has met the state qualifications for a university by offering graduate and undergraduate programs. The nearly 60-year-old college enrolls 1,300 undergrads and 900 grad students.
1,500 Philadelphia Catholics enjoy pilgrimage to ‘America’s Church’
Pilgrims from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia thrilled to the sights of the magnificent National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., and shared a day of prayers together last Saturday.
Young adults hear woman tell why she’s still a virgin
Arleen Spenceley spoke this month to about 70 young people with Generation Life about her experiences living a chaste life. She offered advice on how they can witness to chastity in society.
Speaker lays out Catholic environmental world view
At an Earth Day conference last week in Philadelphia, the head of Penn's Newman Center said Pope Francis' invitation to care for creation is "a call for a change of heart and a change of culture."
Vatican denies Bensalem parishioners’ appeal of 2014 merger
A decree from the Holy See confirmed the 2014 merger of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish with St. Thomas Aquinas Parish at its Croydon campus, Bucks County. St. Elizabeth Church is still used for Sunday Mass.
On eve of Passover, local Catholics extend prayers to Jews
Archbishop Charles Chaput sent greetings to the Jewish community in the Philadelphia region and hoped Passover would bring to Jews “renewed hope and spiritual vitality.”
Parish’s kids absorb lessons for confirmation, and buck wider trends
Children preparing to receive confirmation at St. Thomas More Parish, South Coventry, are taking the sacrament seriously, even as some of their older peers are drifting from the practice of their faith.