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Kenyan bishops call for increased security after church attacks
NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) — Kenya’s Catholic bishops called upon the government to intensify its security efforts in the country’s north after the July 1 attacks on two churches, including a Catholic cathedral, that left at least 17 people dead and more than 50 people injured. The simultaneous attacks on Our Lady of Consolation Cathedral and […]
Kids help kick off NDS’ Summer Meals program with blessing
Children at St. Jerome School in Northeast Philadelphia celebrated the annual Blessing of the Summer event along with volunteers to mark the beginning of the Summer Meals program of archdiocesan Nutritional Development Services (NDS) on June 20. Msgr. Daniel Sullivan led the blessing to kick off the Summer Meals program, which is funded by the […]
School choice expands in Pa. with passage of new budget
Gov. Tom Corbett expanded school choice in Pennsylvania Saturday night when he signed into law a bill that called for increased funding for the existing Educational Improvement Tax Credit and established a new, similar tax credit. EITC 1.0, as school choice advocates called the popular tax credit program established in 2001, will see $25 million […]
After 40 years, teacher retires from Chestnut Hill Catholic school
For 40 years Bill Brennan taught, inspired and encouraged the students at Our Mother of Consolation Parish School in Chestnut Hill. As a young man one year out college, Brennan came to OMC in 1972 with a belief that Catholic schools were essential in the development of young people in the faith, and in becoming […]
Archbishop Chaput reflects from Rome on Supreme Court ruling
Archbishop Charles Chaput sat for an exclusive interview with the National Catholic Register newspaper June 29 in Rome after receiving the pallium from Pope Benedict XVI. The Archbishop reflected at length on the the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the Patient Affordable Care Act, or health care reform law, the previous day. Read the full interview […]
Archbishop Chaput receives pallium from Pope, who calls it a tie to heaven and earth
See more photos from Rome VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- After placing a woolen band around the shoulders of 44 new archbishops as they knelt before him, Pope Benedict XVI told them it was a reminder of their ties to heaven and earth and of their loyalty to Christ and the successor of Peter. "You have been constituted in and for the great mystery of communion that is the church, the spiritual edifice built upon Christ as the cornerstone, while in its earthly and historical dimension, it is built on the rock of Peter," the pope said June 29 during his homily on the feast of SS. Peter and Paul.
Sister Rita Francis Fiefhaus, O.S.F.
Sister Rita Francis Fiefhaus, O.S.F., 94, died May 25 in Assisi House. She had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 71 years. Sister Rita Francis was born Mary Isabel Fiefhaus in Philadelphia, where she was a member of St. Bonaventure Parish. She entered the congregation in 1938 and […]
Sister Theresa Charles Grant, F.M.S.C.
Sister Theresa Charles Grant, F.M.S.C., died at the Sisters’ Infirmary in Peekskill, N.Y., on Thursday, May 24. Sister Theresa Charles was a member of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart since 1936 and was professed in 1938. Sister Theresa Charles received her bachelor’s degree from Ladycliff College in Highland Falls, N.Y., and her […]
Sister Rosemary Haslam, S.S.J.
Sister Rosemary Haslam, S.S.J., formerly Sister Muriel Loretta, died May 27 at the age of 76. Sister Rosemary was born in Philadelphia, the daughter of Joseph W. and Ruth D. Staub-Haslam. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph from St. Bridget Parish in Philadelphia on September 10, 1953. Sister Rosemary served in the Archdioceses of […]
Sister Brigid Marie Mcllearney, S.B.S.
Sister Brigid Marie Mcllearney, S.B.S., died May 8 at St. Michael Hall, at the motherhouse in Bensalem. She was born Veronica Bernice in Toronto, Canada, on Dec. 11, 1922. Sister Brigid entered the convent Aug. 28, 1944. On July 16, 1945, she became a novice and was given the name, Sister Mary Brigid Marie. She […]