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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 […]
Cent’anni for St. Nicholas Parish
St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish in South Philadelphia celebrated “Cent’anni,” 100 years of service to the Italian community in South Philadelphia on April 29. Its actual beginnings were as a mission chapel of nearby Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish (1898-1932). Augustinian Father John Cerutti, formerly the administrator, became the first official pastor. The parish […]
Priest a constant at Conwell-Egan
For 54 years, Father Fidelis Weber has walked the halls of Conwell-Egan (formerly Bishop Egan) High School in Fairless Hills. While the name and location of the school has changed over the decades, Father Fidelis, teacher of English, Spanish and religion, and director of the guidance office, has remained a constant. The Third Order Regular […]
Legatus members meet new CRS president
How many social or professional organizations precede their monthly dinner with confessions, the rosary and Mass? Probably not many, but Legatus does. In 1988 when Thomas Monaghan, the founder of Domino’s Pizza, established Legatus as an organization for Catholic business leaders and their spouses, he modeled it somewhat after Young Presidents, a similar organization that […]
Father Schifalacqua, pastor emeritus of Our Lady of Loreto Parish, dies at 93
Father Ildebrando E. Schifalacqua, 93 and a priest for almost 69 years, died in West Cape May, N.J., April 27. Born in South Philadelphia, the son of the late Ildebrando Schifalacqua and the late Ida De Sanctis Schifalacqua, he was educated in Philadelphia public schools and briefly at Roman Catholic High School before entering a […]