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All are invited to Holy Week liturgies at cathedral
Archbishop Charles Chaput will celebrate liturgies for the Sacred Triduum – Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday – plus Easter Sunday at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul this week.
Franciscan sister dies at 96, was teacher for 72 years
Sister John Catherine Rohe was one of seven sisters from Baltimore, three of whom became Sisters of St. Francis, along with three of her cousins.
Franciscan priest from Havertown dies in Florida at 64
Father Art Johnson, a Franciscan Friar of the Atonement, died March 26. Ordained in 1977, he served on the Governor’s Advisory Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse in New York State and worked in ecumenism for the Los Angeles Archdiocese, among other assignments.
SS. Philip and James students perform living stations
Eighth graders of the Exton Catholic school performed the 15 Stations of the Cross, accompanied by the school choir singing Lenten hymns.
Devon Prep students, faculty reenact last hours of Christ
Aa group of juniors and seniors and several faculty members helped the school community prepare for Easter by presenting the Living Stations of the Cross on April 13, a dramatization of Jesus’ journey to Calvary leading up to his crucifixion.
Notre Dame Academy names new principal
Dr. Judith A. Dwyer has been named the fourth president and chief executive officer of the Academy of Notre Dame de Namur, effective July 1.
Catholic young adults discuss love of faith, desire to ‘share it with others’
Three Chestnut Hill College graduates led a panel discussion in which they shared their own journeys of faith, and what they see as the biggest issues for their fellow Millennial Catholics.
Jesus ‘knows what you are going through,’ Cardinal Dolan tells inmates
FALLSBURG, N.Y. (CNS) -- At an upbeat Mass in a maximum security prison, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said Holy Week resonates with inmates, who can relate to Jesus' arrest, captivity and trial.
Pope advances causes of Franciscans, missionary, Redemptorist priest
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of four people, including a Franciscan priest and a lay Franciscan.
Malta Parliament passes same-sex marriage, adoption
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- After a controversial vote in parliament April 14, Malta became the latest country to recognize same-sex unions as the legal equivalent of marriage, and to permit adoption by same-sex couples.