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Public, private, Catholic high school sophs invited to retreat
A rally and retreat for sophomores in any high school in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia will be held Oct. 17 at La Salle University. About 2,100 students representing 11 high schools are expected to attend.
Film, Q & A session offered for Natural Procreative Technology
A screening of the film “NaPro: A Quiet Revolution” will be held Tuesday, Oct. 18 at the Holy Cross Parish Center in Springfield explaining how NaPro can help couples to conceive pregnancy or regulate births.
Last in a long line: Some sisters see end of their congregation in sight
What happens to orders of religious sisters managing the dearth of vocations and no younger sisters to care for the aged sisters who served in years past? The Grey Nuns are one order in the archdiocese facing that prospect.
Bus trip heading to St. John Paul II Shrine in Washington
The Knights of Columbus are sponsoring the trip on Oct. 29 to the shrine from St. Eleanor Parish in Collegeville. The visit includes Mass, tours veneration of relics and dinner.
Family painting party before the holidays
A Holiday Painting Party for all ages begins at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5 at St. Albert the Great Parish, 212 Welsh Road in Huntingdon Valley.
Listen to the cries of war victims and pray for peace, pope urges
Humanity should feel ashamed it can wage war, kill the innocent, bomb cities and prevent food and medicine from reaching survivors, Pope Francis said at daily Mass today on a world day of prayer for peace.
It’s still a wonderful life after 78 years of ministry
Holy Child Sister Eleanor Carbin, 96, is one of the longest serving religious women in the Philadelphia Archdiocese. Her vocation, with ministry in Philadelphia, Africa and Europe, offers “hundred-fold rewards every day.”
Exhibit of St. Thomas More artifacts debuts at St. John Paul II shrine
Nearly all of the 60 or so items in the exhibit come from Stonyhurst College in England, according to Jan Graffius, the curator of collections at Stonyhurst, a Jesuit institution.
Gun violence in West Phila. ‘no surprise,’ archbishop says
“Violence begins in the heart before the hand picks up a weapon," Archbishop Charles Chaput said in response to a Friday night shooting rampage in the city. "Violence is now part of the American Way from womb to tomb, and it should surprise no one when it hits home locally.”
Legacy of 1986 peace gathering lingers in Assisi
The event Sept. 18-20 was sponsored by the Rome-based Community of Sant'Egidio, the Diocese of Assisi and the Franciscan friars to reflect on the theme, "Thirst for Peace: Faiths and Cultures in Dialogue."