News
Night of music, praise and prayer coming to abbey
St. Norbert Parish and Daylesford Abbey will start AbbeyFest Praise Nights with the first to be held this Friday, Feb. 6 from 7:30-9 p.m. at Daylesford Abbey in Paoli.
Doylestown parishioners raise hope in Haiti
A mission of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish sends doctors and nurses to the beleaguered Caribbean nation in the hopes that small actions to address huge needs will turn into something great.
Pope will address Congress, Speaker Boehner says
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner announced Pope Francis will address a joint session of Congress on Sept. 24 when he visits the United States. The news has not been confirmed by the Vatican.
St. Joseph Sisters host open house this Sunday
Visitors to the Motherhouse on Feb. 8 will have informal opportunities to meet the sisters, join a guided tour of the chapel, share in prayer and family activities and enjoy refreshments.
U.S. Senate looks at ways to address ‘modern slavery’
The Catholic Church has put a spotlight on the global human trafficking crisis by declaring the first International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking on Sunday, Feb. 8, the feast of St. Josephine Bakhita, a former Sudanese slave.
Join a live video stream with Pope Francis
Watch the pope now on YouTube as he speaks in a Google hangout with children.
Make preventing sexual abuse, caring for victims top priority, pope tells church
The leaders of the world's bishops' conferences and religious orders must ensure they are doing everything possible to protect children and vulnerable adults from abuse, Pope Francis said.
Immaculate Heart Sister, teacher in Philadelphia schools, dies
Sister Marie Jamesine Gormley, I.H.M., was a member of St. Joan of Arc Parish in Philadelphia before entering religious life, where she taught in elementary and secondary schools for most of her 67 years with her congregation. She was 86.
Franciscan sister who was certified addictions counselor dies
Sister Rosemary Napolitano, O.S.F., served in education and as an alcohol and drug counseling specialist primarily in Bergen County and Paterson, New Jersey. She was 72.
Deacon Mathieu Tielemans of Lansdale dies at 87
The native of Belgium was ordained a permanent deacon in 1987 and served all his years of ministry at St. Stanislaus Parish, Lansdale. His funeral Mass was celebrated there Feb. 3.