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St. Gabriel’s Hall tops in caring for delinquent boys, wins $330K bonus
It’s nice when you get a letter telling you what a great job you are doing. It’s even better when a healthy check comes along with it. St. Gabriel’s Hall in Audubon, Montgomery County, the archdiocesan Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) for court-adjudicated adolescent boys, ranked first in successful outcomes among seven such facilities in the area. For this recognition it received a bonus of $330,000 from Community Behavioral Health.
Principal and student from Pope John Paul II High School honored by chamber of commerce
Two members of the school community at Pope John Paul II High School in Royersford recently received unexpected recognition from the Montgomery Chamber of Commerce.
Interfaith liturgy fills St. Therese Church to remember Dr. King
The Dr. Martin Luther King holiday on Monday, Jan. 21 was billed as a day on, not a day off in the African American community. The preceding day, Sunday, was definitely a day on, not a day off at St. Therese of the Child Jesus Church in the Mount Airy section of the city. The church was jammed and overflowing for the 30th annual Archdiocesan Interfaith Commemorative Prayer Service in honor of Dr. King.
Archbishop rings Liberty Bell in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.
On Monday, January 21, 2013 Archbishop Charles Chaput was the honorary ringer of the Liberty Bell at the Liberty Bell Center marking the 28th Annual National Bell Ringing Ceremony for Martin Luther King Day.
Gov. Corbett touts educational innovations in visit to Catholic ‘mission’ school
Governor Tom Corbett visited a Northeast Philadelphia Catholic grade school Jan. 18 and lauded a new educational model for Catholic schools in the city. Independence Mission Schools, a management organization for 16 independent Catholic elementary schools located in mostly poor city neighborhoods, also introduced its new president, Al Cavalli.
Recanting of former priest’s testimony has no bearing on Msgr. Lynn, lawyer says
Former priest Edward Avery pleaded guilty last year to child sexual assault, for which he is serving a term in prison. He recanted that testimony on the stand Jan. 17 at the trial of Oblate of St. Francis de Sales Father Charles Engelhardt and former Catholic school teacher Bernard Shero, whose trial began this week.
Clergy assignments announced
Most Reverend Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M.Cap., Archbishop of Philadelphia, announces the following appointments effective as noted: PAROCHIAL ADMINISTRATOR Reverend John C. Nguyen, to Parochial Administrator, pro tem, St. Stanislaus Parish, Lansdale, while continuing as School Minister, Archbishop Wood High School, effective Jan. 15 PAROCHIAL VICARS Reverend John C. Crowley, from Parochial Vicar, Our Lady […]
St. Veronica Parish to welcome St. Hugh parishioners in merger
As the latest step in the ongoing archdiocesan strategic planning, Lower Northeast Philadelphia’s St. Hugh of Cluny Parish will close and merge with St. Veronica to form a new parish, keeping the St. Veronica name. The announcement was made at all Masses at the parishes Jan. 12-13. The merger is effective Jan. 27. St. Hugh […]
New York auxiliary bishop named to head Camden Diocese
UPDATE CAMDEN, N.J. (CNS) -- Bishop Dennis J. Sullivan vowed to lead as a pastor, pledged that the church will never abandon the city of Camden and offered a greeting to Hispanics in fluent Spanish during his visit to the diocese after his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI. His comments came as he was introduced Jan. 8 as the eighth bishop of Camden at a news conference in the Camden Diocesan Center soon after the appointment was announced in Washington by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, papal nuncio to the U.S.
Six West Philadelphia parishes to merge into three
UPDATE -- As announced at parish Masses on Jan. 5-6, six West Philadelphia parishes located mostly in Parish Planning Area 600 will merge as three parishes. The closures are the latest result of the ongoing strategic planning process in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.