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Three-day devotion to St. Therese coming to Sacred Heart
The parish in Royersford will hold its annual devotion in honor of the Little Flower from Thursday to Saturday, Sept. 29-Oct. 1, featuring prayers and benediction of the Blessed Sacrament each day.
Neumann U. director to be only U.S. speaker at Vatican session
Lee DelleMonache, head of the Institute for Sport, Spirituality and Character Development, will speak on sports and mercy next month for the Congregation for Catholic Education's conference.
Royersford parish invites sisters for door-to-door visits
Two sisters of the Parish Visitors of Mary Immaculate will visit every home in Sacred Heart Parish starting Sept. 6. The sisters will reach out to the entire Christian community and the unchurched.
Cathedral Basilica to host rosary devotion
The Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia calls everyone across the Philadelphia Archdiocese to pray the rosary on the Feast of the Holy Rosary on Friday, Oct. 7.
Studying for the GED, one student at a time
Nicole Yezik teaches English at St. Gabriel’s Hall and mentors young men seeking their GED certificate. The youths have few academic skills, so tutors focus on the individual. "Whatever they need to succeed, we do.”
From the ‘living hell’ of youth, a young man’s future looks bright
Felix Alberto came from a dysfunctional family and a boyhood in which he thought it to be better dead than alive. After years of delinquency he turned his life around with help from staff at a Catholic program for troubled boys.
U.S. bishops, Iran religious leaders issue joint declaration
"Christianity and Islam share a commitment to love and respect for the life, dignity and welfare of all members of the human community," said the declaration.
Retired Pope Benedict says it was his ‘duty’ to resign from papacy
After his visit to Mexico and Cuba in March 2012, he felt he was "incapable of fulfilling" the demands of another international trip, especially with World Youth Day 2013 scheduled for Brazil.
Vatican newspaper: ‘Amoris Laetitia’ is authoritative church teaching
While Pope Francis did not invoke his teaching authority in a "definitive way" in the document on marriage and family, it is an example of the "ordinary magisterium" to which Catholics must assent, a theologian wrote.
Big bump in seminary enrollment another sign of vigor for vocations
This year St. Charles Seminary will be home to 160 seminarians, with 67 studying for the Philadelphia Archdiocese, 18 of which are new arrivals. Enrollment at the seminary is up 33 percent from two years ago.