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In North Philadelphia, there’s Hope for middle schoolers
Finding a home can require patience and persistence. One person who knows that firsthand is Mercy Sister Rose Martin, executive director of Hope Partnership for Education. It took more than 10 years to find a permanent site in North Philadelphia for Hope Partnership, a private nonprofit middle school run as a partnership between the Society of the Holy Child Jesus and the Sisters of Mercy.
Parishioners learn the Catholic way of door-to-door evangelization
When sisters in traditional habit come knocking at the door of a home they almost always receive respectful treatment, re gardless of whether the people are practicing Catholics or not. But there is something to be said for lay ministers doing the work too, “because they are just like the people who open the door,” said Mother Carole Marie Troskowski, who led a training session for 50 Catholic parish leaders at SS. Simon and Jude Parish, West Chester.
Judge to face Lansdale for boy soccer championship
Father Judge shut out Archbishop Ryan’s boys soccer team in the semi finals on October 26. Later that day Roman Catholic High School suffered a heartbreaking defeat in overtime to Lansdale Catholic. Lansdale’s #13 junior Jake Saba fed the ball to #16 senior Michael Lewis who broke away to win the game. The championship game […]
Washington cathedral, site of Kennedy funeral in ’63, is ‘holy ground’
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- On Nov. 25, 1963, a television audience of millions of people around the world prayerfully bid farewell to President John F. Kennedy, as his flag-draped coffin was placed before the sanctuary of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, during the funeral Mass for the slain president.
New Hampshire bishop supports state bill to repeal death penalty
CONCORD, N.H. (CNS) — Bishop Peter A. Libasci of Manchester declared his support of a bill in the state Legislature that would repeal the death penalty in New Hampshire. “What we must call for in a civilized society is not retribution but restitution,” Bishop Libasci said at an Oct. 24 press conference in Concord, the […]
Five Catholics acquitted of disorderly conduct at N.Y. drone base
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Five Catholics protesting U.S. drone warfare policies said they were stunned but relieved to be found not guilty of disorderly conduct for their roles in an Ash Wednesday demonstration at an upstate New York air base. "We were like, really?" said defendant Ellen Grady, a Catholic Worker from Ithaca, N.Y.
Franciscan Sister Ann Amrhein, longtime teacher in Harrisburg, Philadelphia
Sister Anne Amrhein, O.S.F., 87, (formerly Sister John Casimir) died Oct. 24 in Assisi House, Aston. She had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 66 years. Sister Anne was born in Baltimore where she was a member of St. Elizabeth Parish and a graduate of the Catholic High […]
Sister Apollonia Morelli dies at 97, ministered for many years in N.J.
Sister Apollonia Morelli, O.S.F., 97, died Oct. 21 in Assisi House, Aston. Born Anna Morelli, she was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and later moved to Jersey City, N.J., where she was a member of St. Aedan Parish and a graduate of St. Dominic Academy. In 1931 she entered the Franciscan Sisters of Ringwood, a congregation […]
Franciscan Sister Gabriel Lee, taught nearly 60 years in Trenton, Harrisburg dioceses
Sister Gabriel Lee, O.S.F., died Oct. 21 at the age of 90. She had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 68 years. Sister Gabriel was born in Philadelphia, where she was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Parish and a graduate of John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls […]
Sister Catherine Donohue, S.S.J., served as spiritual director
One of eight children born to Joseph and Mary Donohue, Kitty grew up in Immaculate Conception Parish in Jenkintown and attended the parish grade school and John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls High School. Her pastor encouraged young Kitty to consider religious life. Even at an early age, Kitty gave witness to her growing deep faith. […]