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St. Maria Goretti Parish offers Lenten meal, study and prayers
Participants of the event will share a meatless meal and good company, view a DVD on the sacrament of reconciliation and pray the stations of the cross on March 31.
Eight-week women’s study group looks at role of women
The Endow Women’s Study Group at St. Maria Goretti Parish, Hatfield, will study St. John Paul II’s "Letter to Women" in a series of eight Sunday evenings in the parish center from March through May.
Belief in a time of suffering
Father Thomas Dailey presents insights into the wisdom of the prophet Job in this free Lenten event March 29 at St. Jude Church, Chalfont.
Bob Pantano Dance Party to benefit St. Hubert High School
The Northeast Philadelphia high school's alumni association will host the party April 28, which includes food, drinks and of course, dance music.
Make confession more available, God’s heart is always open, pope says
Pope Francis told priests in Rome that confession is a priority that should not have limited hours because the sacrament is a daily call to head to the “peripheries of evil and sin, and this is an ugly periphery,” healed only by God's mercy.
St. Laurence School hosting arts and crafts festival
Proceeds from the sixth annual fair on April 29 -- featuring art activities, games and food -- will benefit arts and other programs at the parish school in Upper Darby, Delaware County.
People with addictions, and loved ones, draw strength from faith
About 100 people either active in their addiction or in recovery from it, along with their family and friends, gathered March 11 for a special Mass at the cathedral. It was beneficial for them and for the church, an organizer believes.
All Catholics must take faith, witness to the public square, bishop says
Bishop James D. Conley of Lincoln, Neb., encouraged more than 1,000 Catholics to engage in the public square during his talk March 9 at Catholics at the Capitol in St. Paul, Minn.
Catholic bishops join call to Trump to support humanitarian assistance
Five Catholic prelates were among 106 faith leaders who shared their support for U.S. spending on international humanitarian aid in a letter to congressional leaders.
Nuncio: Evangelization, mercy, encounter mark pope’s first four years
"The raison d'etre of the church is evangelization. It's not a business, it's not an organization or an association for the defense of Jesus, but a group called to announce God's presence to humanity," Archbishop Pierre said.