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Making the world safe for innocence
The efforts of the Philadelphia Archdiocese and the church in America at preventing child abuse through training are resulting in communities of adults who are watching out for potential abusers.
At Disabilities Mass, helpers learn from those they help
Little things like staying with a disabled woman while she waits for her ride make a big difference in the lives of high school volunteers, and all who see them.
All are invited to Holy Week liturgies at cathedral
Archbishop Charles Chaput will celebrate liturgies for the Sacred Triduum – Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday – plus Easter Sunday at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul this week.
SS. Philip and James students perform living stations
Eighth graders of the Exton Catholic school performed the 15 Stations of the Cross, accompanied by the school choir singing Lenten hymns.
Devon Prep students, faculty reenact last hours of Christ
Aa group of juniors and seniors and several faculty members helped the school community prepare for Easter by presenting the Living Stations of the Cross on April 13, a dramatization of Jesus’ journey to Calvary leading up to his crucifixion.
Catholic young adults discuss love of faith, desire to ‘share it with others’
Three Chestnut Hill College graduates led a panel discussion in which they shared their own journeys of faith, and what they see as the biggest issues for their fellow Millennial Catholics.
Needs for money, volunteers building for World Meeting of Families
A meeting April 15 drew the Philadelphia region's top business and civic leaders to hear a pitch for tens of millions in needed funding, and 7,000 volunteers, for the Sept. 22-27, 2015, World Meeting of Families event in Philadelphia.
Archbishop Chaput sends Passover greetings
"Together with the clergy and people of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, I want to extend to you and the local Jewish community our prayerful best wishes during this year’s observance of Passover," Archbishop Charles Chaput wrote to leaders of the Jewish Community Relations Council in Philadelphia.
Archdiocese’s campaign raised less than $200 million, documents show
After adjustments to the Heritage of Faith-Vision of Hope capital campaign’s stated total of $221 million raised, and disbursement of $30 million to parishes, $55 million was available for major needs in the archdiocese.
Poet calls Blessed John Paul II a man of compassion
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) -- Lena Allen-Shore, a Jewish Holocaust survivor, learned how to carry on despite a traumatic past from her "dear friend," the late pope, through letters and visits over the course of 25 years.