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Archdiocese celebrates ordination of six priests
Saturday, May 19 was a beautiful, sun-filled day. But even if there had been a roaring hurricane, it would have been a beautiful day inside the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul. That’s because at that day and place six men, after years of study and discernment, received ordination to the priesthood at the […]
Nearly 400 priests gather for convocation
For Msgr. Michael Magee, the two days spent in Hershey, Pa. with 380 other priests was a prayerful time, a learning experience and an all-too-rare chance for diocesan clergy to relax and enjoy one another’s company. The occasion, held May 14-16, was the second Convocation for Priests, scheduled in anticipation of a “Year of Faith,” […]
Our Lady of Calvary School receives $5,000 grant from Beneficial Bank
The Beneficial Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Beneficial Bank, awarded a $5,000 grant to Our Lady of Calvary School in Northeast Philadelphia for placing first in the Grades 4-8 category of The Beneficial Foundation School Challenge. Our Lady of Calvary School will use the grant to fund a new OLC Mission Control Initiative program, which […]
Promoting peace and forgiveness
The Institute for Forgiveness and Reconciliation at Chestnut Hill College, which is headed by St. Joseph Sister Catherine Nerney, works “for the forgiveness of divisions within and among human persons and communities by providing forgiveness and reconciliation at every level of life.” All things considered, that is something very much needed in the Archdiocese of […]
Father Eugene Cusick, pastor emeritus of St. Bede Parish, dies
Father Eugene G. Cusick, pastor emeritus of St. Bede the Venerable Parish in Holland died Sunday, May 20. The Reception of the Body will be held at Saint Bede the Venerable Church, Holland, on Friday, May 25 at 4 p.m., followed by a viewing. A parish Mass will be celebrated at 7 p.m. Auxiliary Bishop […]
Six men ordained as priests for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Saturday, May 19 was a beautiful, sun-filled day. But even if there had been a roaring hurricane, it would have been a beautiful day inside the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul, because that was the date and place where six men, after years of study and discernment, received ordination to the priesthood at […]
Prosecution rests its case in clergy trial; conspiracy charges dropped
For weeks the words of Msgr. William J. Lynn in testimony before a 2004 Philadelphia grand jury investigating clergy sexual abuse were used against him by state prosecutors. They intensified their use of the testimony and a trove of hundreds of archdiocesan memos and letters, narrated by Philadelphia police detectives and assistant district attorneys along […]
Father Michael Heim, 55, parochial vicar at St. Dominic Parish, dies
Father Michael J. Heim, 55, a parochial vicar at St. Dominic Parish in Philadelphia, died May 4. Born in Levittown, the son of the late William Heim and the late Sophia Rydzewska Heim, he attended St. Joseph the Worker School and Bishop Egan High School before entering St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. He was ordained May […]
Charles Madden, local artist, dies at 78
Charles L. Madden, 78, a noted area artist proficient in various media, died May 7. Born in Philadelphia Madden had an interest in art from an early age, and he earned a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from the Philadelphia College of Art in 1956. He immediately began his career as co-founder of Madden, Baron […]
Six men to be ordained priests on May 19
Through the power of the Holy Spirit and the laying on of hands, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia will receive six new priests as Archbishop Charles Chaput ordains transitional deacons Daniel J. Dwyer, Anthony R. Hangholt, Robert A. Ianelli, John Paul Masson, Timothy J. McGuire and Thomas P. Whittingham on Saturday, May 19 at the Cathedral […]