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Unlikely vocation to religious life turns into 60 years
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Sister Kathleen Leary celebrates 60 years as a Sister of St. Joseph this year, and it’s a singular accomplishment that would flabbergast some of her teachers at Notre Dame High School in Moylan way back when. This was the kid who garnered more detentions than anyone in her freshman […]
House passes bill making Hyde Amendment permanent
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) – The House has approved a bill that would make the Hyde Amendment permanent, limit tax deductions for the cost of an abortion and block other potential use of federal funds for any clinic or doctor who offers abortions. The legislation is unlikely to reach a Senate vote and […]
Schools raise ‘Nickels for Neighbors’
Our Lady of Charity School garners top honors in annual Catholic Charities Appeal fundraiserBy Liz FisherSpecial to The CS&T The children of Our Lady of Charity School in Brookhaven are old hands at being helping hands. It is no wonder they topped other schools in donations for the annual “Nickels for Neighbors” fundraising campaign, part […]
Anglicans set to join Church
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T BALA CYNWYD – Catholics of a certain age who might visit the Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Bala Cynwyd should find the liturgy familiar. The vestments, position of the altar against the wall to the east with the celebrant facing it and the service are very much […]
Mobilizing for education
Bridge Foundation, St. James AlumniBy Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Pennsylvania Educational Improvement Tax Credits (EITC), and in the case of nonpublic schools, can make all the difference as to whether a family can afford to pay their children’s tuition. On March 17 at “The Doghouse,” the St. James High School Alumni Association headquarters in […]
Call him Blessed John Paul II
Pope Benedict XVI beatifies his predecessor at Mass for more than 1 million in RomeBy Cindy WoodenCatholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) – “John Paul II is blessed because of his faith – a strong, generous and apostolic faith,” Pope Benedict XVI said May 1 just minutes after formally beatifying his predecessor. Italian police said […]
Local schools celebrate namesake’s beatification
Students, staff hold special events to honor Bl. John Paul IIBy George GregorySpecial to the CS&T “From now on, Pope John Paul II shall be called ‘Blessed,'” Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed in Latin during the Mass beatifying his predecessor on spanine Mercy Sunday, May 1. This brings Pope John Paul II one step closer to […]
Runners enjoy camaraderie of track team
John KnebelsSports Columnist Sometimes it’s not about winning a gold medal. Sometimes it’s not about winning anything at all. Sometimes it’s just about competing and enjoying the moment. When the 117th annual Penn Relays took place last week at the University of Pennsylvania’s Franklin Field, many of the fastest runners and strongest athletes on the […]
Beatification brings joy to Polish couple
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T CONSHOHOCKEN – Jozef and Felicia Rzeznik of St. Mary Parish, Conshohocken, were thrilled and watched television when Pope John Paul II was beatified on May 1. They were living in Warsaw, Poland, in October 1978, when they received the unexpected news that Cardinal Karol Wojtyla of Krakow was elected […]
Pope Benedict beatifies Pope John Paul ‘because of his faith’
By Cindy WoodenCatholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) – “John Paul II is blessed because of his faith – a strong, generous and apostolic faith,” Pope Benedict XVI said May 1 just minutes after formally beatifying his predecessor. Italian police said that for the Mass more than 1 million people were gathered in and around […]