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Local woman to attend Vatican seminar for coaches
Lee DelleMonache of Neumann University will participate at a Rome conference next week to discuss how coaches are important to the formation of athletes.
Business school grads recall a good education from yesteryear
About 60 women graduates of Bishop Neumann Business School met for Mass and a social to recall a virtually forgotten part of Philadelphia Catholic educational history.
Here’s how you can help World Meeting of Families – volunteer
Ten thousand volunteers are needed for the September congress and visit of Pope Francis in Philadelphia. People wishing to help the effort can register now.
Msgr. Lynn’s conviction reinstated by Pa. Supreme Court
The case of the former archdiocesan secretary for clergy took a dramatic new turn April 27 when the state’s high court overturned a lower court’s ruling that had released him from prison.
World Meeting of Families leader gets top Catholic award
Donna Crilley Farrell, executive director for the upcoming families meeting in Philadelphia, was presented with the Sourin Award by the Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute last week.
Archdiocesan choirs warming up for big concerts
The Cathedral Choir, Archdiocesan Adult Choir, Archdiocesan Boys Choir and Archdiocesan Girls Choir will sing at a Mother's Day concert. The children will also sing in Rome and New York this year.
Harrisburg priest named bishop of Greensburg, Pa., diocese
Pope Francis has appointed Father Edward C. Malesic, judicial vicar of the Diocese of Harrisburg, as bishop of the Greensburg Diocese. Its first bishop was a former Philadelphia auxiliary bishop.
Ukrainian Catholic cathedral has shroud replica on permanent display
A trip to see what many Christians believe is Christ's burial cloth is probably out of reach for most people, but for Catholics and others in the United States, there's an alternative: A full-size, Vatican-authorized replica on permanent display in Philadelphia.
Talk explores deep roots of thinking on environment
Long before industrial-strength environmental degradation, two monastic traditions could be said to define the Christian approach to the natural world.
Climate change and pope’s teaching on ecology are focus of talks
A Cabrini College conference last week gave an interreligious overview of perspectives on the environment, in anticipation of Pope Francis' document this summer.