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Priests gather to reflect on pastoral duties
WYNNEWOOD — As Catholics, we can get so caught up in our daily lives that we don’t focus on the priceless gift Christ left us when He instituted the priesthood at the Last Supper. It is the vessel through which the Eucharist, also instituted on that Holy Thursday evening, and the other sacraments are brought […]
Winning team in Kensington serves the hungry
“Hunger Report Ranks PA District 2nd Worst” This headline in The Philadelphia Inquirer (Aug. 13, 2011) highlights Pennsylvania’s first Congressional District, which includes Kensington. Half the households with children cannot afford to buy enough food. However, there are five women whose commitment to the poor makes a beautiful difference. Together with four friars, these women […]
Thanks to the Knights: Food
PHILADELPHIA — It’s been going on for 40 years more or less. Men and women representing the Philadelphia Chapter, Knights of Columbus take time out to serve a special dinner at St. John’s Hospice around Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. It used to be on the actual holidays, but since the hospice is no longer open […]
After 25 years, Calcutta House still serves
It was in June 1981 that Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) was first reported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In February 1987 Mother Teresa’s Brothers of Charity opened Calcutta House to serve AIDS patients in a rented five-bedroom Victorian house in West Philadelphia. When Calcutta House begins its 25th year in […]
Visco named vice president of Society of St. Vincent DePaul
Dominic Visco, a retired information technology professional, has been named vice president for the eastern region of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP), a nonprofit Catholic lay organization that provides services to those in need and living in poverty. The organization’s eastern region encompasses Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and […]
Cristo Rey to open new high school
Co-ed school will begin accepting applications in August 2012 Cristo Rey means Christ the King in Spanish, which tells you right up front what the brand new Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School on North Broad Street will stand for. Scheduled to open next August at what was once Holy Child School, it is a brand-new […]
Cabrini College lowers tuition in 2012
The board of trustees of Cabrini College has authorized a 12.5 percent reduction in undergraduate tuition and fees, effective fall 2012, and other significant moves to ensure students and their families can plan for college costs through May 2015. This plan for affordability, which will increase access for the middle class families Cabrini traditionally has […]
Christopher West speaks at St. Peter Parish in West Brandywine
WEST BRANDYWINE — The Respect Life Committee at St. Peter Parish in West Brandywine has sponsored and embarked on a series of monthly talks and presentations running from October 2011 through April 2012 titled “Life, Love and Sexuality — the Series.” These talks set the stage for God’s plan for living happy, healthy, holy lives […]
Catholic school in North Wales canvases for cancer
NORTH WALES — Mary, Mother of the Redeemer School’s second graders put their brushes to the canvas as they created original artwork to benefit the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation. Teachers helped each student create a painting with the intention that it would be “sold” for charity. On Nov. 18, dressed as budding artists, the students […]
Archbishop institutes changes to curia, offices
The headquarters for most archdiocesan offices, located at 222 N. 17th Street in Philadelphia, has been renamed the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center, according to Auxiliary Bishop Timothy Senior. He made the announcement on behalf of Archbishop Chaput Nov. 29. The change of name “more accurately reflects the primacy of the pastoral mission of the programs and […]