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Retreat aims to help job seekers in transition
Daylesford Abbey will host a retreat for job seekers Aug. 13-14 titled “The Spirituality of Transition: Finding your Next Job While Discovering Yourself.” The overnight retreat will offer practical exercises as well as time for personal reflection and exploration. Questions to be explored in the retreat include, are you in transition? Are you unclear about […]
Catholic support for immigration reform called a ‘moral imperative’
TRENTON, N.J. (CNS) -- Catholics need to put aside "any partisan differences" they have on the immigration issue and come together to pray for the welfare of their brother and sister immigrants and for Congress to pass much-hoped-for comprehensive immigration reform, said Bishop David M. O'Connell of Trenton.
Archbishop Ryan HS hires new principal with long experience at school
James Meredith has been named the new principal of Archbishop Ryan High School in Northeast Philadelphia, where he has been serving as assistant principal for academic affairs since July 2006. Meredith has served in teaching and administrative positions at Ryan since August 2001.
Inquiry suggests British-run hospitals stop using end-of-life protocol
MANCHESTER, England (CNS) -- A British official indicated the government will abandon a controversial end-of-life protocol following an anti-euthanasia campaign spearheaded by concerned Catholic physicians. An independent inquiry into the Liverpool Care Pathway has recommended that the protocol be abolished and replaced by "individualized care plans" after evidence of abuse and suffering was discovered.
Kennett Square parish offers spiritual renewal at Life in the Spirit Seminar
St. Patrick Church in Kennett Square, Chester County, will hold a Life in the Spirit Seminar on Saturday, Aug. 3 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The seminar aims to revitalize, refresh and renewed one’s spiritual life for a deeper relationship with Christ. Breakfast and light lunch will be provided at no cost. St. Patrick’s is located at 212 […]
Tiny Chester County church marks 175 years with prayers, singing – and horse and carriage
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput was the principal celebrant of an anniversary Mass July 7 at St. Malachi Church in Cochranville, Chester County, which was followed by a Celtic celebration on the grounds. St. Malachi is a mission church of Our Lady of Consolation Parish in Parkesburg, which will celebrate its 160th anniversary in September. Father Victor J. Eschbach, pastor of Our Lady of Consolation, and principal concelebrants rode to the church via horse and carriage, symbolic of the Jesuit priests who sporadically rode into the area from Delaware, Maryland and Philadelphia to celebrate Mass in barns and fields prior to the church's completion in 1838.
New coalition aims to protect right to religious expression in military
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Archbishop Timothy M. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services praised the efforts of a new coalition formed to fight what the organizers see as growing hostility toward service members' religious expression.
Family picnic coming to St. Katharine Shrine’s grounds in Bensalem
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Office for Pastoral Care for Migrants and Refugees will be hosting a Family Fun Picnic on Saturday, Aug. 10 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the St. Katharine Drexel Shrine at 1663 Bristol Pike in Bensalem. The picnic will include multicultural music and dance, plus games such as tug of […]
Longtime La Salle U. Scripture scholar, Brother Edward Davis, dies at 84
Brother Edward Davis, F.S.C., a La Salle University religion professor who taught courses on the Bible, died June 29 of liver cancer at De La Salle Hall, a nursing facility for Christian Brothers in Lincroft, N.J. He was 84.
Gov. Perry signs bill that puts new restrictions on abortion in Texas
UPDATED -- AUSTIN, Texas (CNS) -- The drama in Texas over abortion that drew national and international attention came to an end for the moment after the state House of Representatives then the state Senate voted to adopt tougher abortion regulations. Gov. Rick Perry signed the measure into law during a ceremony July 17.