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Area pro-lifers meet to study adoption as loving option
Participants at a pro-life summit gathered for Mass followed by talks on adopting children at birth. One speaker said only 2 percent of children from unplanned pregnancies are adopted; many of the rest are aborted.
PREP religion teachers receive honors at cathedral
Mostly lay volunteers received awards last Sunday marking their anniversaries of teaching in parishes. A pastor and religious sisters were noted for serving the booming PREP classes for 1,500 Hispanic kids in Avondale.
Archbishop Francis Schulte, 89, dies in Darby hospital
The retired head of the Archdiocese of New Orleans and a former auxiliary bishop and priest of the Philadelphia Archdiocese, died Jan. 17 in Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital. He was 89.
Mother’s Home helping bring babies into the world, for 25 years
Young women facing a crisis pregnancy have found a safe, loving and supportive alternative to abortion in converted convent in Darby, where they can learn life skills to raise their child.
Clergy changes announced
Archbishop Charles Chaput announced assignment changes for five priests of the Philadelphia Archdiocese.
Young and alone, refugees find open door at Catholic home in Bucks County
Driven by violence and poverty but also dreams for the future, 10 unaccompanied boys from Latin America and other countries are finding safety, hospitality and encouragement at a Catholic Social Services group home.
Wallingford parish wins top honor for disabilities ministry
St. John Chrysostom Parish's Ministry with Persons with Disabilities, which includes a monthly Mass and ongoing outreach efforts, won a national prize and praise for the model of "including all people in their parish family.”
West Virginia college offers aid to Roman Catholic H.S. grads
A scholarship named for Philadelphia native and Roman Catholic graduate Bishop Michael Bransfield will help students attend Wheeling Jesuit University.
Parishes’ push for vocations in archdiocese deemed a success
The director of the vocations office was aiming for 300 names of potential seminarians from a November initiative, Called by Name, in the parishes. He's already got that number, which could hit 400.
Clergy changes announced
Archbishop Charles Chaput announced assignment changes for three priests of the Philadelphia Archdiocese.