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Archdiocese sets aside burial site for abortion victims
By John T. GillespieSpecial to the CS&T For the defenseless victims of Dr. Kermit Gosnell’s West Philadelphia abortion clinic, there may yet be dignity in death. The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has set aside a potential grave site in the recently opened infant section of All Souls Cemetery in West Brandywine and is now accepting contributions […]
Villa Maria grad, reporting in Egypt, caught in country’s political turmoil
MALVERN – The Villa Maria Academy community is praying for Lauren E. Bohn, a 2005 graduate of the academy. Bohn is currently a multi-platform freelance journalist and a Fulbright fellowship scholar in Egypt. She is spending 15 months in the country at the American University focusing on gender and migration studies, as well as reporting. […]
In health care ethics, bishop’s authority affirmed
By Nancy Frazier O’BrienCatholic News ServiceWASHINGTON (CNS) – In an exchange of letters with the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the head of the Catholic Health Association has affirmed that the local bishop is the “authoritative interpreter” of the ethical and religious directives that guide Catholic health care.Sister Carol Keehan, a Daughter […]
Children pray at saintly bishop’s shrine
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&t Staff WriterPHILADELPHIA – The step near 13th and Vine Streets where St. John Neumann collapsed on an icy sidewalk before his death 151 years ago is displayed in the museum of the National Shrine of St. John Neumann at St. Peter the Apostle Church at Fifth Street and Girard Avenue in […]
Schools adopt new core curriculum standards
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff WriterPHILADELPHIA – To propel 21st century children intellectually into the global world, the archdiocesan Office for Catholic Education is instituting the Common Core State Standards Initiative, a national curriculum program lauded as a rigorous and relevant launch pad of learning.The Archdiocese is preparing to implement the common core standards this […]
Archdiocese recognizes distinguished graduates
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&TGraduates of Catholic schools within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia make a difference. In keeping with a tradition begun in 1991, on Jan. 29 the Archdiocese presented Distinguished Graduate Awards to three inspaniduals and one group.Honored during the ceremony, which was held at the Crystal Tea Room in Philadelphia’s Wanamaker Building, […]
New bill supports school choice
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer HARRISBURG – A bill currently winding its way through the chambers of the Pennsylvania Senate is straightforward and resolute: school choice is the right choice for Catholics and non-Catholics of the Commonwealth.Senate Bill 1, the Opportunity Scholarship Act, was introduced into legislation Jan. 26 and subsequently referred to the […]
Editor keeps faith in mind
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&TFebruary happens to be Catholic Press Month, and while the newspaper Phil Heron edits, the Delaware County Daily Times, is a secular paper, he is Catholic. For that matter, many of its almost 40,000 subscribers in heavily Catholic Delaware County are probably also Catholic. Sacred Heart Parish in Oxford, where […]
Neumann-Goretti leads Catholic League
John KnebelsSports Columnist The current Catholic League basketball standings could imitate Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities.” The first seven teams have records from 8-0 to 6-2. The other seven? None has a winning record. “Things can change because there is still a lot of basketball left,” said Neumann-Goretti junior Derrick Stewart. “A lot […]
Faith meets expertise
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Mary Flannery, who was recently appointed director of marketing and public relations at Malvern Retreat House, the nation’s largest Catholic retreat center, had quite a different career plan when she entered college. After childhood in Blue Bell and education at Gwynedd-Mercy Academy, she entered Georgetown University, where she graduated […]