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La Salle U plans to build $35 million building for business school
The new 78,000 square-foot building is slated to open for classes in January 2016 and create approximately 600 jobs during construction. It will expand the university's West Campus, located in the Olney section of Northwest Philadelphia.
St. Joseph’s Prep marks 125th anniversary of Church of the Gesu
St. Joseph’s Preparatory School celebrated the 125th anniversary of the Church of the Gesu Nov. 10 with tours, Mass and a historical reflection at the church. Nearly 500 people attended the event including many former parishioners of the parish, which closed in 1993. The church, located at 18th and Thompson streets in North Philadelphia, is […]
Vincentian pastor recalled for administering last rites to Kennedy
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The late Vincentian Father Oscar Huber was a hard-working, dedicated pastor who made many friends throughout his years of faithful ministry. The priest, who died in 1975, is still remembered for all that. And for one other thing. A Dallas pastor at the time, he administered last rites to President John F. Kennedy, after an assassin's bullet Nov. 22, 1963, brought down the nation's 35th president and he lay mortally wounded at Parkland Hospital.
Plymouth Meeting Catholic school to host 100+ crafters at annual show
The Holy Rosary School Craft Show being held this year Dec. 7 and 8 is anticipated to become the largest and most successful show in its history. With the school merger of St. Titus, Our Lady of Victory, Epiphany of our Lord and including students from Conshohocken Catholic, this year’s show will have more shoppers, […]
Victims of powerful Illinois tornado lose everything but faith, charity
Updated -- WASHINGTON, Ill. (CNS) -- As Father Stephen Willard was preparing to celebrate the 11 a.m. Sunday Mass at a filled St. Patrick Church in Washington Nov. 17, the most powerful tornado to hit Illinois in November since 1885 was taking aim at neighborhoods on the western edge of this community of 15,000. With sirens blaring, worshippers were instructed to go to the middle of the church. Father Willard went outside to hurry inside people who were just arriving.
Warrington students make, sell cupcakes for cancer cure
Students of St. Joseph/St. Robert School in Warrington held a “Cupcakes for a Cancer Cure” event this month that raised $200 to support families that have a loved one receiving cancer treatment. The above eighth-grade students who made and sold cupcakes during lunch at the school include (from left): Rebecca Alexander, Jessica Butler, Brianna Wade, […]
Almost gone: Photographer captures final stages of abandoned churches, factories
Local photography teacher Matthew Christopher specializes in recording for posterity abandoned buildings of all sorts – factories, power stations, hotels and yes, churches. He has documented the interiors of many abandoned factories, schools and resort hotels all over the country, plus local churches and Byberry Hospital in Philadelphia. Christopher exhibited some of his work at Philadelphia’s American Catholic Historical Society on Oct. 29 and he will have a reception at St. Joseph’s University on Nov. 21.
King of Prussia regional school sets ‘Tuesday Tours’ of school
Mother Teresa Regional Catholic School in King of Prussia will begin hosting “Tuesday Tours” on Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 10 a.m. Parents will have the opportunity to tour the school while classes are in session, meet the principal, talk one-on-one with teachers, meet the CARES directors and place their name on the waiting list for […]
Acclaimed Russian pianist to perform Beethoven, Chopin works at Berwyn church
St. Monica Parish, Berwyn, welcomes virtuoso pianist Svetlana Smolina to the Music at Monica’s series with cellist Adrian Daurov at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24 at the church located at 63 Main Avenue in Berwyn. They will perform a program of Beethoven sonatas for piano and cello and works by Chopin, Franck, Ginastera, Liszt, Piazzola and […]
Catholics must learn to make mission a priority, says Boston cardinal
MEXICO CITY (CNS) -- The United States is experiencing a "transition from a strong cultural Catholicism to an intentional Catholicism," and that requires "a new evangelization (that) responds to the questions of today," said Boston Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley.