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St. Lucy Day School principal honored

Sister Lisa Ann Lettiere, I.H.M., was named the Blindness and Low Vision Studies Alumna of the Year 2018 from the Alumni Association of Salus University.

Become a Cathedral Ambassador

The Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia is recruiting new individuals throughout the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to welcome visitors and answer questions.

Montgomery Co. pastor leading trip to South American shrines

Father Paul Brandt is chaplain for a pilgrimage to Mexico, Argentina and Peru visiting Catholic shrines and secular sights, running for 11 days, Oct. 16-26.

St. Ann Carnival and Italian Festival set for Aug. 21-26 in Bristol

The festival will be held at Pond and Dorrance Streets in Bristol, Bucks County, and will feature Italian food, children's rides, basket auctions and homemade baked goods.

50 years later, deacons not fully understood but fully appreciated

As of 2017, there were 18,287 permanent deacons in the United States, compared to 37,181 ordained priests. About 40 percent of all permanent deacons worldwide are in the U.S.

Young Canadian indigenous celebrate beloved St. Kateri as ‘one among us’

Three hundred years after her death, St. Kateri Tekakwitha -- North America's first indigenous saint -- has become a model for young people, especially in Maskwacis, a community that includes four First Nations south of Edmonton.

Catholic school gutted by fire, but 400 students will study at O’Hara

After a July 18 fire destroyed half of Our Lady of Angels School in Morton, Delaware County, officials said their school year will begin at Cardinal O'Hara High School on time in September.

Solemn High Tridentine Mass for Feast of the Assumption

Mater Ecclesiae Parish of Berlin, N.J., celebrates its 18th annual traditional Latin Mass Aug. 15 at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul, featuring the Ars Laudis Festival Chorus and Orchestra.

India orders checks of all child care homes run by Missionaries of Charity

A federal ministry in India has ordered inspections of all child care homes run by the Missionaries of Charity, the congregation founded by Mother Teresa, after a lay employee reportedly confessed to selling babies for adoption.

‘Dare to be in solidarity’ with migrants, Italian bishops say

As they face "closed borders and raised barriers," the world's desperate migrants and refugees "ask us to dare to be in solidarity" and to work for justice and peace in their homelands, said leaders of the Italian bishops' conference.