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Students create quilts for newborns
St. Catherine of Siena SchoolBy Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T HORSHAM – One of the last things you would expect eighth-grade boys and girls to be doing is making quilts. That’s what the kids at St. Catherine of Siena School in Horsham do every spring as a service project for a very good cause. The […]
Prominent laypersons to receive award
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T The Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul will present its 2011 Keys and Sword Award to Dr. Rosalie M. Mirenda, president of Neumann University and Robert Sims, chairman of Sims Financial, Wayne. The award ceremony will be held Sunday, June 26 at an 11 a.m. Mass at the […]
Honoring our saintly bishop’s birth
Click here to read Cardinal Rigali’s Homily at the Mass for the 200th Anniversary Celebration of the Birth of St. John Nepomunece Neumann, Prachatice, Czech Republic By Lou BaldwinSpecial to the CS&T PHILADELPHIA – Archbishop Edward J. Gilbert, C.S.s.R., of Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago, was the principal celebrant of a Mass in […]
Drawing families together in service
By Sister Kathleen LearySpecial to The CS&T For many parents and students, the closing of an elementary school can be traumatic, especially when it means the students will no longer be as involved in parish events. However, in June 2005, when it was announced that St. George Elementary School in Glenolden was closing, Msgr. Michael […]
United by the legacy of a Saint
Homily of Cardinal Justin RigaliMass for the 200th Anniversary Celebration of the Birth of St. John Nepomucene NeumannPrachatice, Czech RepublicJune 18, 2011 Praised be Jesus Christ! Dear Bishop Pad’our, Bishop of this local Church,Your Eminence, Cardinal Vlk and dear Brothers in the Conference of Bishops,Distinguished Public Authorities,Brother Priests,Men and Women Religious,Lay faithful and Friends in […]
Cardinal Justin Rigali’s interview with Vatican Radio about St. John Neumann
Click on the link to listen: http://www.radiovaticana.org/en1/articolo.asp?c=496295
Bishops issue policy statement on assisted suicide
WASHINGTON – The Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) approved a policy statement on physician-assisted suicide at its meeting in Seattle June 16. The statement, To Live Each Day with Dignity, passed with a vote of 191-1. It marks the first time the full body of bishops has issued a statement on the issue. {{more}} The […]
Theology classes blend formation, information
By Jim GaugerSpecial to The CS&T A revised theology curriculum, based on the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ document, “Doctrinal Elements of a Curriculum Framework for the Development of Catechetical Materials for Young People of High School Age,” was implemented in the Archdiocese’s 17 high schools during the 2010-11 school year. The curriculum breaks down […]
St. Anthony Parish in Ambler marks 125 years
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T As part of their 125th anniversary celebration, members of St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Ambler held a candlelight procession through their neighborhood on June 12. Back when it was founded in 1886 the area was called Wissahickon. Two years later when the township was incorporated, it adopted the […]
Parishes begin planning
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to the CS&T As outlined in Cardinal Justin Rigali’s 2010 pastoral letter “Called to Conversion and Holiness,” the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has launched an important new initiative that will affect all of the 268 parishes in its territory. Each parish, working through its parish pastoral council and the parish financial council or […]