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Teens enjoy prayerful, fun Generation Phaith rally
About 200 teenagers came together last Saturday at Cardinal O'Hara High school for the annual day of inspiring talks, hands-on activities and prayer, sponsored by the archdiocesan Youth and Young Adult Ministry.
Shanahan students take on four weeks of fasting to ‘live simply’
Global Awareness Month is wrapping up at Bishop Shanahan High School in Downingtown, where students fasted and refrained from the Internet and other media to live in solidarity with less fortunate people.
Philadelphia priest again prays with pope, this time in Mexico
Father Robert Feeney, pastor of a Delaware County parish, joined a priest friend serving in Las Vegas -- they're both from Port Richmond -- to concelebrate Mass with Pope Francis recently in Mexico.
Glenside students take charity from the class to the community
St. Joseph the Protector School, along with St. Luke the Evangelist Parish's PREP students, support a local agency that helps families experiencing cancer. The charitable outreach is a lesson in school, and at home.
New senior housing sought for site at St. Rita Shrine
The joint project of archdiocesan Catholic Health Care Services and the National Shrine of St. Rita would develop income-eligible housing for seniors in South Philadelphia. It would be the latest in several such Catholic-led projects.
‘24 Hours for the Lord’ calls for all churches to stay open March 4-5
Responding to Pope Francis' initiative to focus on the mercy of God, Catholic churches around the world will offer eucharistic adoration and confessions for 24 hours. See details and a map of participating parishes in the Philadelphia Archdiocese.
One of Conshohocken’s Catholic churches set to close
SS. Cosmas and Damian, one of three worship sites of St. Matthew Parish, will close as a Catholic church effective March 16. It will continue to be used by a Coptic Orthodox congregation.
Father Judge High School names an alum its new president
Brian King, 36 and a 1997 graduate of the Catholic boys school in Northeast Philadelphia, had been its director of advancement for five years.
Team of pastoral counseling students takes ethics prize
Graduate students in the Pastoral Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at Neumann University placed third in a national competition to analyze an ethical situation and develop an appropriate response.
After guilty plea, Phila. priest sentenced to 20 years in prison
Father Mark Haynes received his jail term plus a fine and 10 years' probation Feb. 17 in a federal court in Philadelphia on charges of child pornography. He had pleaded guilty last June following his arrest in 2014.