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Sister M. Blandina O’Neill, S.S.J.
Sister M. Blandina O’Neill, SSJ, formerly Mary M. O’Neill, died May 3 at the age of 95. Sister Blandina was born in Philadelphia, the daughter of Thomas and Mary McGinty O’Neill. Sister Blandina entered the Sisters of St. Joseph from Most Blessed Sacrament Parish in Philadelphia on Jan. 6, 1935. She served in the Archdioceses […]
Sister Loretta Marie Schultz, S.S.N.D.
Sister Loretta Marie Schultz, a lifelong educator who taught primary and secondary grades in schools throughout the Mid-Atlantic for more than 50 years, died April 22 at Maria Health Care Center in Baltimore, Md. She was 90 years old and had been a professed member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame for 68 years. […]
Sister Mary Ann Shambo, O.S.F.
Sister Mary Ann Shambo, O.S.F., formerly Sister Judith Marie, 78, died April 19 in Assisi House. She had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 55 years. Sister Mary Ann was born in Stiles, Pa., and she entered the congregation in 1953 and professed her first vows in 1956. […]
Sister Theresa Regina Steiner, I.H.M.
Sister Theresa Regina Steiner, I.H.M., formerly Lorraine Theresa Steiner, died May 19 in Camilla Hall in the 65th year of her religious life. She was 82 years old. Born in Norristown, Sister Theresa entered the Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1947 from St. Patrick Parish in Norristown and […]
Sister Regina Walsh, S.S.J.
Sister Regina Walsh, S.S.J., formerly Sister Joseph Xavier, died March 23 at the age of 96. Sister Regina was born in Philadelphia the daughter of William J. and Mary McFadden Walsh. Sister Regina entered the Sisters of St. Joseph from Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Philadelphia on Sept. 11, 1934. Sister Regina served […]
Communicators hear how blogging helps Church to evangelize
INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) -- Blogging offers the Catholic Church one more way to evangelize for the faith while reaching new audiences, especially young people, a panel of Catholic bloggers told a packed room during the Catholic Media Conference in Indianapolis. The panelists, which included Bishop Christopher J. Coyne, apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, a frequent user of Twitter, agreed that while not all bloggers are official Church representatives, the relatively new but quickly growing form of communication has influenced how the Church spreads its message.
Pope brings Archbishop Fulton Sheen step closer to sainthood
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI has approved the heroic virtues of U.S. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, the Vatican announced June 28, clearing the way for the advancement of his sainthood cause. Among the others honored in decrees announced the same day were first prelate of Opus Dei, the Canadian and Irish-American founders of […]
Archbishop Lori takes Fortnight for Freedom to Rome
ROME (CNS) — On the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Obama administration’s health care law, Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore warned an audience in Rome about what he characterized as the law’s threat to religious freedom. The archbishop, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Freedom, addressed […]
U.S. Supreme Court upholds health care law; bishops cite objections
The United States Supreme court today upheld much of the health care reform act, especially the provision that mandates every American to purchase health care insurance. The 5-4 ruling of the justices affirms health care coverage for an estimated 30 million Americans, but did not remedy some provisions that the United States Conference of Catholic […]
Robert H. Lessing
Robert H. Lessing on the 29th anniversary of his death June 13, 1983, the feast day of St. Anthony of Padua. It’s just like it was yesterday when you went out for your last round of golf. I hope you and your golfer son, Bob, are together in heaven. We all miss you every day. Love, Your wife Mary and our children, Mona, Sue and Connie