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Shipment of ‘solidarity’ from local Catholics reaches Haiti
Donations of medical supplies, food and religious goods collected by Catholics of the archdiocese are now helping the island's residents rebuild after a devastating August 2021 earthquake and ongoing political turmoil.
Patrick Sillup named Malvern Prep’s new head of school
The teacher who currently serves as Malvern's assistant head of school for academics will transition into leadership of the private Catholic boys' academy in July 2022.
La Salle U names Daniel Allen new president
The university's Board of Directors named Allen, a vice president working in advancement at De Paul University in Chicago since 2015, as La Salle's 30 president, effective April 18.
Catholic grade schools, high schools hold events to mark special week
School across the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are celebrating National Catholic Schools Week in unique ways, including through service, prayer and recognition of what makes Catholic education a gift to the community.
Christ is at ‘the heart of Catholic education,’ says archbishop
"Learning the things of the heart" enables students to make good choices while finding true joy, said Archbishop Nelson Pérez during a Jan. 31 Mass at Father Judge High School.
Catholic education ‘a gift to the world,’ archbishop says at St. Monica’s
From classroom to cafeteria, students "learn about the things of the heart" and "how to find Christ" in themselves and others, said Archbishop Pérez while touring St. Monica School's lower and upper campuses in South Philadelphia Jan. 27.
Pro-life advocates ‘rise up and stand’ for unborn, women
The Pro-Life Union of Greater Philadelphia hosted a Jan. 22 gathering to protest abortion as "a lie labeled as health care," while calling for greater funding and resources to help to mothers in crisis pregnancies.
St. Norbert’s ministry offers people’s prayers in adoration
The prayer team at the parish in Paoli prays for parishioners' intentions during eucharistic holy hour following reinstated all-day adoration of the Blessed Sacrament every Thursday.
Youth of St. Eleanor Parish running food drive Feb. 5-6
The youth ministry program at the Montgomery County parish will collect food items next weekend to benefit four local food pantries serving those in need.
Remembering Holocaust ‘a moral act with present purpose,’ say local experts
As the world commemorates the victims of Nazi genocide, scholars at Saint Joseph's University say the act of recalling history’s horrors “needs to be more than cognition.”