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Living diversity: How to welcome equals, not just guests
St. Thomas Aquinas Parish is among the 32 in the archdiocese celebrating Masses in Spanish, with another 30 parishes celebrating Masses in other languages. The South Philadelphia parish hosted a workshop for turning global solidarity into action in local neighborhoods.
Help on the road to health
Parents with sick children have enough on their minds without adding hotel bills during their stay for treatment at a hospital. So the Kolbe Fund – named for an Exton boy who is beating cancer – was begun last year to help families like his.
Cristo Rey Philadelphia seeing school growth, student success
Two years after the independent Catholic high school was begun in the city, it is now thriving and ready to expand in the fall. The at-risk students are working hard in the classroom and at their temporary corporate jobs, part of the Cristo Rey program.
Three seniors win Gates Scholarships and full rides through college
Students from Hallahan, Roman Catholic and West Catholic high schools will receive the scholarships that will fund their undergraduate and graduate education at the universities of their choice, plus personal and professional development along the way.
Special men of Don Guanella warmly welcomed in Downingtown
The developmentally delayed men from Springfield are transitioning to small group homes, some of which are located in St. Joseph Parish in Downingtown, whose parishioners join the men at liturgies.
Prominent Philadelphians raise funds for St. Martin de Porres School
The annual gala celebrated the students of the North Philadelphia school and raised money for tuition and school programming.
St. Charles Seminary gets grants for iPads, leadership training
Seminarians will reap the benefits of a $97,000 technology grant and $50,000 grant for training by the Catholic Leadership Institute. The grants come from the Archdiocesan Educational Fund.
500 penitents find pardon and peace from sin at parish service
Booming St. Joseph’s in Downingtown packed in the faithful for a Holy Week penance service held just for the parish, not the deanery or county.
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.