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Young women invited to Theology of the Body retreat
The St. Peter Respect Life Committee is sponsoring a retreat for girls in 7th, 8th and 9th grades Feb. 4-6 to discuss what it means to be a young, dynamic, Catholic woman in today’s world.
Workshop on spiritual direction coming Feb. 26
Spiritual directors will join Sister Barbara Springer, S.S.J. for a day-long session titled “Deepening Our Relationship with God through Spiritual Direction” at Mother Boniface Spirituality Center in Northeast Philadelphia.
Father Tolton subject of one-man play at city churches
The drama "Tolton: From Slave to Priest" -- on the first Black Catholic priest in the U.S. -- will be performed Feb. 25 and 27 at St. Timothy's and at Our Mother of Consolation.
Patrick Sillup named Malvern Prep’s new head of school
The teacher who currently serves as Malvern's assistant head of school for academics will transition into leadership of the private Catholic boys' academy in July 2022.
La Salle U names Daniel Allen new president
The university's Board of Directors named Allen, a vice president working in advancement at De Paul University in Chicago since 2015, as La Salle's 30 president, effective April 18.
Catholic grade schools, high schools hold events to mark special week
School across the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are celebrating National Catholic Schools Week in unique ways, including through service, prayer and recognition of what makes Catholic education a gift to the community.
Christ is at ‘the heart of Catholic education,’ says archbishop
"Learning the things of the heart" enables students to make good choices while finding true joy, said Archbishop Nelson Pérez during a Jan. 31 Mass at Father Judge High School.
Secrecy of Bloody Sunday slows healing, Irish prelate says
The president of the Irish bishops' conference used the 50th anniversary of the unlawful killing of 14 unarmed Catholics by the British army in Northern Ireland to criticize the fact that no one has ever been prosecuted.
Vietnamese priest stabbed to death while hearing confession
A Dominican priest serving ethnic groups in Vietnam's Central Highlands villages with few priests, was killed in a church Jan. 29. Local police said they arrested his killer, who is reported to be a drug abuser.
Catholic education ‘a gift to the world,’ archbishop says at St. Monica’s
From classroom to cafeteria, students "learn about the things of the heart" and "how to find Christ" in themselves and others, said Archbishop Pérez while touring St. Monica School's lower and upper campuses in South Philadelphia Jan. 27.