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Standout baseball play marks early, soggy season
John KnebelsSports Columnist The sounds you have heard coming from the local parks are batted balls replacing dribbling basketballs. Which could only mean one thing … spring has finally arrived. While rainouts have already wreaked some havoc with the early schedule, a host of games involving Catholic high school teams – albeit mostly against non-league […]
Chin helping Chinatown expand
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – John Chin, 44, who is the executive director of the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corp. (PCDC), like many first generation Americans, balances two distinct cultures. Although he lives in South Philadelphia instead of Chinatown proper, he retains his membership at Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic Church, where he and […]
A wish come true
Maple Glen 16-year-old with life-threatening condition will get to meet the Pope By Elizabeth FisherSpecial to the CS&T Michael DiMuzio wondered briefly what it would be like to shake hands with Roger Federer, the Swiss-born champion who some experts call the greatest tennis player of all time. When the time came to decide, however, Michael […]
Cover girl
Mount St. Joseph Academy Senior Kathryn Glover of Langhorne made the cover of FIRST USA’s Robotics Magazine! She is shown displaying the trademark hand sign of her school’s all-girl Robotics Team, The Firebirds. Kathryn, along with the other 59 members of the team, competed at the FIRST Robotics Regional Competition in Washington, DC this past […]
Two priests placed on leave
Cardinal Justin Rigali announced March 30 that he has placed two retired priests on administrative leave effective immediately. The action is a result of the continuing dialogue with the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office following the Grand Jury Report issued Feb. 10. In its ongoing response to concerns raised by the district attorney’s office, the Archdiocese […]
Lenten Reflection: Let God’s mercy transform us
By Carmina M. ChappSpecial to The CS&T Justice demands that Jesus, the innocent victim, give His whole life in reparation for sin. In Simon and Veronica, we see a glimpse of mercy. In pressing Simon of Cyrene into service, the Roman soldiers show mercy to Jesus. In this act, they take away part of the […]
Bishop Shanahan H.S. gets ‘thank you’ from Haiti
By George GregorySpecial to The CS&T DOWNINGTOWN – “This is a first for Bishop Shanahan in that a representative has come to share with us the good things that happen when young people have generous hearts,” said Sister Maureen Lawrence, I.H.M., principal of Bishop Shanahan High School in Downingtown. She was introducing Dr. Jude Banatte, […]
Poor and hungry in Bucks Co.
By Elizabeth FisherSpecial to The CS&T YARDLEY – When they entered Fellowship Hall at Yardley United Methodist Church on Saturday, Florence and Paul Kawoszka were a couple, and members of St. John the Evangelist Parish in Morrisville. They’d never met Theresa O’Connor, a member of the United Christian Church in Langhorne. Within minutes, however, the […]
Anger explodes in clergy sex abuse proceedings
By John t. GillespieSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA- At times, the rancor in Courtroom 1007 of the Criminal Justice Building last Friday overshadowed the somber nature of the sex abuse case against a lay teacher, three priests and a former priest of the Philadelphia Archdiocese. Common Pleas Court Judge Renee Cardwell Hughes ruled the case […]
Happy birthday, St. John Neumann!
Watch the birthday celebration video here By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Confetti and cake, colorful streamers, big balloons, hats, horns, a piñata – and, perhaps, a round of the childhood game pin the tail on the donkey – are just some of the elements of a festive party that may have surrounded […]