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New panel to study girls playing football, management of CYO system
Goodbye football helmets and pads, hello red and yellow flags? The elimination of full-contact football at the CYO level in the Philadelphia Archdiocese is just one possible recommendation from a panel of experts that is expected to meet soon.
New York couple recalls their nearly 40 years of marching for life
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Bill and Peggy Devlin have taken a long view of the March for Life. Since attending the first march around the U.S. Capitol on a 70-degree day in 1974, the couple, from St. Frances de Chantal Parish in Wantagh, N.Y., have missed just one. In nearly 40 years of marching, they’ve seen […]
St. Gabriel’s Hall tops in caring for delinquent boys, wins $330K bonus
It’s nice when you get a letter telling you what a great job you are doing. It’s even better when a healthy check comes along with it. St. Gabriel’s Hall in Audubon, Montgomery County, the archdiocesan Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) for court-adjudicated adolescent boys, ranked first in successful outcomes among seven such facilities in the area. For this recognition it received a bonus of $330,000 from Community Behavioral Health.
New York Archdiocese to close two high schools, 22 grade schools
NEW YORK (CNS) -- This June, the New York Archdiocese will close two high schools and 22 out of 26 elementary schools labeled "at risk."
Faithful urged to preach pro-life in and out of season like St. Paul
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- As thousands of Catholics prepared to brave freezing temperatures to participate in the 40th annual March for Life, Bishop Kevin J. Farrell of Dallas asked them to imitate the example of St. Paul, who preached "in season and out of season." St. Paul "was not afraid to stand in the center of Athens and preach the word of God to politicians and intellectuals," Bishop Farrell said in his homily Jan. 25
With faith and sustainable agriculture, nuns feed Salvadoran orphans
SANTA TECLA, El Salvador (CNS) -- Dressed in her brown habit, Sister Elsy Gaytan walks through a field among rows of cabbages, pointing to the crisp green crop sprouting from the earth. "The motto of our institution is God will provide, and indeed He is providing," she said.
Judge dismisses Erie Diocese’s HHS lawsuit, says not ‘ripe’ for review
ERIE, Pa. (CNS) — Erie Bishop Lawrence T. Persico said he was disappointed a federal judge dismissed the diocese’s case against the federal contraceptive mandate as premature but also said he found encouragement in the decision. “I was obviously hoping that the court would find our case ripe for adjudication,” Bishop Persico said in […]
Properly used, social networks important for evangelization, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Social media need to promote more logic, kindness and Christian witness than bluster, star-status and division, Pope Benedict XVI said. Given that the online world exposes people to a wider range of opinions and beliefs, people need to accept the existence of these other cultures, “be enriched by it” and offer […]
Enthusiasm buoys Vigil for Life as cardinal urges adoption alternative
At a Jan. 24 vigil Mass the night before the March for Life, Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley called upon Catholics to work to change society's negative perception of adoption so that it is seen as a better option than abortion for women, especially those facing a crisis pregnancy.
Principal and student from Pope John Paul II High School honored by chamber of commerce
Two members of the school community at Pope John Paul II High School in Royersford recently received unexpected recognition from the Montgomery Chamber of Commerce.