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Norristown nursing home welcomes all to bazaar
Regina Nursing Center will host its 28th annual bazaar Saturday, Sept. 13. Guests will enjoy activities and items for sale, and merchandise vendors are invited to display at the bazaar.
Young Catholic men learn ‘where they are going’ at country retreat
Quo Vadis Days helped 101 teenagers from diverse backgrounds and mostly from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia discern God’s call in their lives at a camp setting in Lancaster County.
Members of media give perspectives on migration issues at conference
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Members of the media offered their perspectives on migration in the modern world during the 2014 National Migration Conference in Washington.
Academy of Notre Dame begins building new athletic fields
Ground was broken last month for the new state-of-the-art fields for the private Catholic school for girls in Villanova. Work continues this summer on the project that will include new drainage and turf for fields, plus road access improvements, while considering trees on the campus.
Fortnight observance called advocacy, faith formation for Catholics
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In the nation's capital and across the country, Catholics gathered to mark the end of the Fortnight for Freedom observance that calls them to celebrate religious freedom and grow in awareness of efforts the Catholic Church sees as threats to that freedom, chief among them the federal government's contraceptive mandate.
Vatican appoints first woman rector of pontifical university in Rome
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Congregation for Catholic Education has named Angeline Franciscan Sister Mary Melone, 49, to a three-year term as rector of Rome's Pontifical Antonianum University, making her the first woman to head a pontifical university in Rome.
JRS keeps Afghanistan schools running, despite missing director
THRISSUR, India (CNS) -- Jesuit Refugee Service is keeping half a dozen schools in troubled Afghanistan running despite no trace of its coordinator in Afghanistan, who was kidnapped in early June.
Court may compel priest to break confessional seal in abuse case
BATON ROUGE, La. (CNS) -- Louisiana's Supreme Court has ruled that a priest may be compelled to testify as to what he heard in the confessional concerning an abuse case. He could be jailed for refusing to testify, or be excommunicated from the church if he does so.
Artist views painting as sacramental, studio as a cloister
Kennett Square artist Neilson Carlin, a husband, father and Catholic convert, reflects on his art, his faith and his latest commission: a painting for the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia.
Bible conference opens up the Scriptures and roles of fathers
Hundreds of priests, religious men and women and lay people came to Doylestown for the National Catholic Bible Conference June 27-28. Well-known Catholic speakers and scholars, plus Archbishop Charles Chaput, addressed the theme, “Scripture: The Heart of the Father.”