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#iGiveCatholic offers early start to holiday giving
Now in its second year, an online fundraising campaign has rolled out early to raise much-needed support for local Catholic ministries, which are still reeling from the impact of COVID.
‘Holy hoops’ scores win-win for priestly vocations
Seminarians and Montco teens tipped off at a Nov. 13 basketball match showing the path to priesthood is taken by "normal guys" willing to "give it a shot and trust in the Lord."
Local faithful send container of help, hope to Haiti
Amid spiraling instability in the hard-hit Caribbean nation, area Catholics are sending a container of desperately needed supplies to a place where "something is wrong every day."
Black Catholics ‘let it rise’ at annual Mass in honor of patron saint
Now in its 59th year, the annual St. Martin de Porres Mass Nov. 7 celebrated "authentically Black and positively Catholic" faith, while welcoming some two dozen into the church through the sacrament of confirmation.
New archdiocesan senior residence ‘a beacon’ on Broad Street
With 46 affordable apartments, a beloved national shrine next door and a long list of development partners, St. Rita Place is ready to welcome residents into a spacious complex blessed by Archbishop Nelson Pérez Nov. 10.
At Montco parish, youth transforms ‘swamp’ into sacred space
For his Eagle Scout project, Robert Lewcun transformed a muddy patch of ground at St. Albert the Great Parish, Huntingdon Valley into a lavish rosary garden, which Archbishop Nelson Pérez blessed and dedicated.
Students show power of prayers for others
Prayers Unite the World marked its fifth year of bringing people together through prayer, as Bishop Michael Fitzgerald heard about experiences of global intercessory prayer from three Archbishop Ryan High School students.
Speaker series invites young adults to discover a ‘newfound love for St. Joseph’
The archdiocesan Office for Ministry with Young Adults will kick off a four-week "Consecration to St. Joseph" with a Nov. 10 holy hour and talk focusing on the saint as a "powerful role model."
South Philly parish celebrates ‘glorious past, brilliant future’
Located in the heart of Grays Ferry, St. Gabriel Parish recently marked its 125th year, while looking forward to decades more of ministry to the "spiritually hungry."
Disability care community celebrates ‘what love looks like’
Persons with intellectual disabilities and their caretakers reflect Christ's kindness and self-sacrifice, said Archbishop Nelson Pérez during an Oct. 25 Mass for the archdiocesan Communities of Don Guanella and Divine Providence.