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Learn about Walking with Purpose
Women and parish leaders from throughout the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are invited to attend a Learn About Walking with Purpose Event and find out about this fast-growing program at the Church of St. Monica on Saturday, September 23rd.
Our Lady of the Assumption 109th Annual Parish Festival
Enjoy family fun in a neighborhood atmosphere, with FREE admission and FREE parking! Inflatable slide, face painting, live music, konaIce, fire engine, bingo tables, cash raffle, amazing food and fun!
Knights of Columbus planning to replace traditional uniform
The Knights of Columbus, long associated with swords, capes and chapeaus, will be going through a significant uniform change.
New Smithsonian exhibit explores diversity of religion in early America
The exhibit features artifacts from Christianity, Judaism, Islam and other major world religions. Peter Manseau, the museum's Lilly Endowment curator of American religious history, is the author of several books and curator of the new exhibit.
West Bank priests stress nonviolence as youths protest Israeli occupation
For Father Aridah and other parish priests in the West Bank, the challenge is to emphasize the Christian tradition of nonviolence while supporting their young parishioners' desire to oppose the Israeli occupation.
It’s ‘all hands on deck’ for addiction awareness in Bucks County
At St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Croydon, 100 participants including elected officials, law enforcement, health care providers and recovering addicts stressed the role of parishes in combating the nation's drug epidemic.
Constituent Assembly will ‘mortgage’ Venezuela’s future, Vatican says
In a strongly worded statement, the Vatican called on the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to respect the will of the people and respect the nation's current constitution.
Excommunication could be tool for fighting corruption, organized crime
A Vatican consultation group will consider initiatives to bolster the fight against corruption and organized crime, including by looking at possibilities for excommunicating members of the Mafia and other criminal organizations.
Ministries struggle to recruit men to help bring Christ to the youth
Founded in 1981, NET ministries, short for National Evangelization Teams, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to spreading the Gospel by sending teams of young adults to evangelize teens throughout the nation through retreats and workshops.
USCCB president urges Trump to quickly act to ease contraceptive mandate
Citing Trump's pledge to ease the mandate during a White House signing ceremony May 4 for an executive order promoting free speech and religious liberty, Cardinal DiNardo lamented that after three months no steps have yet been taken to erase the HHS mandate for organizations that object to it for faith reasons.