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Sister Mary De Angelis, former principal of St. Nicholas of Tolentine, dies at 92
Sister Mary De Angelis, 92, died Sunday, September 22, 2013, at Saint Joseph Hall, Villa Walsh, Morristown, N J. Viewing will be held Wednesday, September 25, 2013, from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. at St. Lucy Chapel, Villa Walsh, Morristown, New Jersey, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial celebrated at 4 p.m. by Rev. John Rossi, Director of Catholic Identity, at Paul VI High School in the Diocese of Camden. Interment will take place following the liturgy at Ave Maria Cemetery. Arrangements are by the Doyle Funeral Home, Morristown, N J.
Catholic Foundation aims to engage lay Catholic donors in Philadelphia
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia will not ask Catholics for money. Instead, the Catholic Foundation of Greater Philadelphia will not only “make the ask” but it will invite donors to indicate how they would like their contributions to be used in support of the good works of the church in Southeastern Pennsylvania. The new organization was announced at a press conference Tuesday, Sept. 24 at its center city Philadelphia headquarters at 20th and Arch streets.
Pope: Digital domain needs loving dialogue, not spiritual engineers
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Helping the church get the Gospel message out to the digital world depends more on a loving passion for reaching out to others than being tech savvy or a verbal warrior, Pope Francis told Catholic communicators. “I believe that the goal is to understand how to enter into dialogue with the […]
Archdiocese set for pilgrimage to Our Lady’s shrine in Washington
Save the date -- on Oct. 5 Catholics from parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Philadelphia along with seminarians from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary will board buses to Washington, D.C., for the biennial Philadelphia pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. This will continue a tradition that goes way back almost to the beginnings of what has become “America’s Church.”
In the shadow the cross, the sick gain prayers for healing
As the universal church celebrated the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on Sept. 14, worshipers participated in a healing Mass at SS. Philip and James Church in Exton to unite their suffering to exaltation. Infirm parishioners and their families, as well as caregivers, received prayers and the sacrament of anointing of the sick, which included having their foreheads and hands anointed with oil.
Pope, in Sardinia, denounces globalization and unemployment
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Visiting an Italian region especially hard hit by the European economic crisis, Pope Francis blamed high unemployment on globalization driven by greed and said those who give charitable aid to the poor must treat their beneficiaries with dignity. "We want a just system, a system that lets all of us get ahead," the pope said Sept. 22, in his first address during a full day on the Italian island of Sardinia. "We don't want this globalized economic system that does us so much harm. At its center there should be man and woman, as God wants, and not money."
Catholic singles plan national meeting in King of Prussia
The National Catholic Singles Conference will hold its 12th annual gathering Sept. 27-29 at the Double Tree Philadelphia-Valley Forge Hotel, 301 West DeKalb Pike in King of Prussia. The weekend of fellowship, inspiring talks, celebration of the Mass, Eucharistic Adoration, socials and dancing for single Catholic men and women will feature such speakers as Lisa […]
Idaho lawmaker introduces Marriage and Religious Freedom Act in House
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A bill introduced in the U.S. House to keep the federal government from discriminating against churches, religious groups and businesses that uphold marriage as being between one man and one woman is "of fundamental importance," two U.S. Catholic bishops said Sept. 20. San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage, called the measure significant, noting that individuals and organizations that uphold traditional marriage are increasingly being targeted for discrimination by state governments -- this must not spread to the federal government.
Visitation Parish, Norristown, sets 10-week Bible study series
Visitation B.V.M. Parish in Norristown is hosting a DVD presentation by Dr. Tim Gray on St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians on Tuesday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. in the Visitation B.V.M. School Library, 196 North Trooper Road (use the entrance closest to the corner of Chestnut Street and North Trooper Road). The ten-week […]
Acapulco Archdiocese opens parishes as relief centers for flood victims
MEXICO CITY (CNS) — The Archdiocese of Acapulco has suspended church services and instructed priests to turn their parishes into support centers after torrential rains on one of the busiest weekends of the year left the city cut off from other parts of Mexico. The flooding forced residents to flee to safer ground and trapped […]