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Mary, Untier of Knots, focus of retreat
The Neumann Adult Spirituality Ministry of Nativity of Our Lord Parish in Warminster will host a retreat day May 13 at Cranaleith Spiritual Center.
Deacon Richard Stoughton dies at 72, serving his parish
The deacon, owner of an advertising firm in Chester County, died in the sacristy of Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Coatesville while preparing for Mass on Palm Sunday.
Today’s teaching on the family
See the daily excerpt from the preparatory catechesis for the 2015 World Meeting of Families, “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive.”
Minnesota beer company celebrates 15 years of feeding the hungry
Since its beginning 15 years ago, the Minneapolis-based beer company has centered its business model on the common good, contributing 100 percent of its profits to alleviate hunger.
Bishop Shanahan High School welcomes students for tours
Students in sixth, seventh and eighth grades are invited to tour the Downingtown Catholic high school for two Open House events this month.
Find deals at Catholic school consignment sale
St. Francis de Sales School in Aston will host its annual clothing consignment sale Friday and Saturday, April 17-18.
Catholic schools mark Holy Week with plays and service works
St. Ignatius, Queen of Angels and SS. Simon and Jude schools performed Passion Plays and reached out to their local communities last week.
Cardinal calls Kenyans to prayer in wake of militants’ college attack
Cardinal John Njue of Nairobi also condemned the April 2 attack by the Somalia-based al-Shabaab militants at Garissa University College in which Christian students were targeted.
Cloister’s restrictions allow them to be ‘free for God,’ say Carmelites
On March 28, the nuns celebrated the 500th birthday of this saint who is credited with reforming the Carmelite Order and founding the branch of Discalced Carmelites, who include those living and working in Louisville.
Faith lives on despite suffering in Iraq, Syria, say Vatican envoys
More than 1,000 people packed into a tent in a refugee camp in Irbil, Iraq, for the Easter vigil Mass celebrated by Italian Cardinal Fernando Filoni, former nuncio to Iraq and Pope Francis' personal representative to those forced to flee the fury of Islamic State militants.