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Notre Dame de Lourdes School hosts Trunk or Treat

Trick or treat safely with your kids at the Swarthmore Catholic school's community Halloween party on Oct. 21. Prizes will be awarded for costumes and the best decorated car.

Grandparents say their role has never been more crucial than today

At a Sept. 10 Mass for grandparents, Catherine Wiley, founder of the Catholic Grandparents Association, said the church should establish a world day of prayer for them in recognition of their role in sustaining and passing on the faith.

Aid workers see humanitarian crisis as Rohingya flee to Bangladesh

Bangladesh is bracing for a massive humanitarian crisis because of a lack of food, sanitation, medicines and even basic housing following the exodus of as many as 350,000 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar.

California pastor’s youth ministry honored with Lumen Christi Award

UPDATED - A California priest who ministers to the children of migrant workers in the state's Salinas Valley is the winner of the 40th annual Lumen Christi Award of the Catholic Extension Society.

Catholic Athletes for Christ Cocktail Benefit

All coaches, youth ministers, and priests, are invited to the cocktail reception Oct. 26 in Lafayette Hill to learn more about efforts to promote a Catholic sports culture.

Celebrate the Feast of St. Therese of Lisieux

St. Philip Neri Parish in East Greenville will host a two-part event on Sept. 19 and Oct. 1 commemorating the saint's feast day with a talk and a bus tour at St. Philip Neri Catholic Family Life Center.

Michaelmas: Solemn Latin Mass for St. Michael the Archangel

The Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, will host a Mass for the feast of the Dedication of the Church of St. Michael the Archangel on Sept. 29.

Conference explores Our Lady of Fatima a century later

The Fatima 100 Conference at St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish on Oct. 14 will commemorate 100 years since the apparitions in Fatima, Portugal.

Catholic Charismatic Renewal celebrates golden jubilee

Catholic Charismatics in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia invite all people to experience the Holy Spirit and his life-changing relationship with Jesus Christ and the love of the Father on Oct. 13-15.

Pope says he hopes Trump reconsiders DACA decision

Politicians who call themselves pro-life must be pro-family and not enact policies that divide families and rob young people of a future, Pope Francis said.