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Good quarterback, good man, in the making
Father Judge senior Zack Carroll is learning about inner strength, humility and teamwork -- plus how to handle a concussion -- thanks to his Crusader coaches and teammates.
King of Prussia school prays rosary, learns of missions
October is the month of the rosary and also mission awareness, so students at Mother Teresa Regional Catholic School prayed the Living World Mission Rosary and heard from a missionary speaker Oct. 13.
Sisters serve God and his people on mountain oasis
A religious sister from Drexel Hill is one of two sisters ministering to poor families and their children on a 465-acre nature preserve in West Virginia, a mountain sanctuary surrounded by the mining industry.
Near rich, underused coal seams, poverty persists in W. Va.
The loss of thousands of mining jobs and the lack of diversity in the West Virginia economy have taken a toll on residents. The poverty rate in one county hovered at 33.5 percent from 2008 to 2012, and statewide it remains at 17.6 percent, fourth highest in the U.S.
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.”
Living rosary in Exton honors Mary, helps the hungry poor
Students and family members at SS. Philip and James School, Exton, prayed and acted out scenes of the glorious mysteries of the rosary. The students also raised money to donate cans of soup to be given to the poor.
Couple trusts in God throughout cancer diagnosis, high-risk pregnancy
Keith and Donielle Wilde know what it means to live this every day: "Jesus, I trust in you."
Mountaintop removal mining poses economic dilemma for West Virginians
Sitting on the shaded front porch of his two-room cabin on a lazy August afternoon, Delphin Brock pointed toward the next mountain ridge where a few weeks earlier heavy equipment was remaking the landscape. Then, he said, noise from the mining activity echoed over the mountains.
West Virginia’s resources have long been eyed for development
West Virginia's history has long been marked by extractive industries.
Olive harvest at Garden of Gethsemane unites faithful with Christ
For Salim Badawi, a Greek Orthodox Palestinian from the West Bank village of Beit Jalla, the opportunity to help a group of Franciscan priests harvest olives in the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives offers a sense of hope amid the adversaries his family has faced in their own olive groves.