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Mothers of Children with Disabilities Retreat Day
This special day is for mothers who are raising children with disabilities and also those who have adult children with disabilities.
Archbishop Chaput: Enforce immigration laws, don’t separate families
The right of people to find work outside their own country is "a matter of basic human rights," Archbishop Charles Chaput said March 19 during a prayer service at the cathedral. In the contentious immigration debate, "we need to resist the temptation to demonize those with whom we disagree,” he said.
Annual Mass and Reception for Persons with Disabilities
Annual Mass and Reception for Persons with Disabilities is being held on April 1.
The Culture Project Banquet & Fundraiser
The Culture Project will be hosting their first ever banquet at SS. Simon and Jude parish in April.
Mission & 40 Hours
St. Anthony Parish in Ambler is hosting a 40 hours event in April.
Church experience more than just a cut-and-run flash mob, pope says
Young men and women can live a true experience of the church by joining together and reconnecting with the past, Pope Francis told Catholic young people.
Northern Ireland political leader Martin McGuinness dies at 66
Martin McGuinness, 66, who went from being a paramilitary leader to laying the foundations for peace in Northern Ireland, died March 21.
Justice Department to appeal decision blocking temporary travel ban
An appeal of the March 16 decision by U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland sends the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, which is based in Richmond, Virginia.
South Dakota priest named to head Diocese of Cheyenne
Ordained by Archbishop Chaput in 1993, Bishop-designate Steven Biegler will apply his pastoral experience and theology training in Rome to his leadership of the statewide church in Wyoming and its 55,000 Catholics.
Local teacher lauded for work on long-term rebuild in Haiti
The Blessed Sacrament Sisters gave Anne Hoppenot their St. Katharine Drexel Award. While many non-profits aided Haiti after the 2010 earthquake but soon left, hers has stayed and made education its priority.