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What’s doing in Philly? Catholic Family Fun Club has plenty to choose
A new social media group in the Philadelphia area is helping Catholic families join fun events, devotional offerings and more. It was founded by Mary Beth Yount, whose parish rallied for her family during a difficult time.
Cardinal Dolan urges stronger effort to stop physician-assisted suicide
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York urged Catholics to join medical professionals, disability rights groups and others "in fighting for the authentic care" of people facing terminal illness in a statement released Nov. 21.
St. Thomas More’s hair shirt now enshrined for public veneration
St. Thomas, a former lord chancellor of England, wore the shirt while he was incarcerated in the Bell Tower of the Tower of London while awaiting execution for opposing the Protestant reforms of King Henry VIII.
Choir at Washington basilica marks 50th anniversary with special concert
Under the direction of Peter Latona, the national shrine's director of music, the choir performed works by among others Gregorio Allegri, Anton Bruckner, Herbert Norman Howells, Pawel Lukaszewski, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Sir John Kenneth Tavener.
Unique Catholic high school program joins tech, students, community
The EAST Program at Conwell-Egan High School offers computer-based tools for students to address community issues. It's the only EAST program in Pennsylvania and perhaps the only Catholic program in the country.
Catholics’ concerns on sex abuse bill helped table it, archbishop writes
In a letter sent to all parishes, Archbishop Charles Chaput renewed attention on a Pennsylvania bill that he said would endanger many of the parishes, schools and charities of the state’s 3.2 million Catholics.
Media whip up ‘climate of fear’ against migrants, cardinal says
Cardinal Vincent Nichols said some British media were stirring up xenophobia, making it harder for humane solutions to be found to the refugee crisis in the Middle East and the crisis of mass migration from Africa.
Christian persecution called ‘purposeful’ destruction of a culture, faith
Declaring that the persecution of Catholics and other Christians in the Middle East is genocide must be followed by action, said Bishop Francis Kalabat, based near Detroit. "Americans must never forget that "ISIS isn't just 'their' problem. It is a problem for all of us."
Chef stays cool as a cucumber turning out 4,500 meals daily
Chris Hoffman runs the kitchen of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul where in addition to making meals every day for needy people across Phoenix, his team is cooking 200 turkeys and all the trimmings this Thanksgiving.
Christmas celebration of Scripture and song in Flourtown
Coming Dec. 11, St. Genevieve Parish will be hosting its sixth annual Christmas concert combining Advent Scripture readings with sacred, seasonal music.