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Anticipating the Lord
By Michelle Francl-Donnay O Lord, we look to you; your name and your title are the desire of our souls. My soul yearns for you in the night, yes, my spirit within me keeps vigil for you. — Isaiah 26:8b-9a. I’ve been suffering from an ear worm all afternoon, five measures of music that I […]
Thanksgiving Day football traditions run on
By John Knebels Sports Columnist Win a game, lose a coach. Well, the two aren’t exactly related, but that’s the way it went for Fairless Hills’ Conwell-Egan High School on Thanksgiving Day. A few minutes after celebrating the Eagles’ first victory of the season after nine losses, nine-year coach Kevin Kelly informed his players that […]
Fulfillment found in service to noted addiction rehab
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T KING OF PRUSSIA — Karl Sprow, a community relations representative for Father Martin’s Ashley in Havre de Grace, Md., bases his own spirituality on the Serenity Prayer of American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr: “God grant me the serenity to change accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the […]
Cardinal Rigali to host Feast of Seven Fishes
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Baccala, calamari, smelts, shrimp, mussels, clams, scungigli, oysters, you name it. You’ve got to love the Italians. Who else can turn a fast into a feast? It’s called the Feast of the Seven Fishes, and by tradition it was held on Christmas Eve or, liturgically-speaking, during the Christmas vigil. […]
Chinese officials monitor cathedral
By Catholic News Service BEIJING – Government officials continued ongoing surveillance of the Cangzhou cathedral because Bishop Joseph Li Liangui did not show up for the Eighth National Congress of Catholic Representatives in Beijing. The Asian Church news agency UCA News reported Dec. 8 that police cars were patrolling the vicinity of the cathedral and […]
Villanova U. hosts vigil for peace in Sudan
By Jim GaugerSpecial to The CS&T VILLANOVA – As the vigil for peace neared its end, several hundred students sitting in St. Thomas of Villanova Church were asked to do three things: 1. Get out their cell phones and call the White House (the students had a slip of paper with the phone number) to […]
Devotion to the mother leads to the Son
Marian feast days and solemnities in December point to the ultimate celebration – the birth of Christ By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer As Catholics around the globe begin the fourth week of Advent and the celebrations commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, they are also reminded of the maternity of Mary, and how her […]
Food for hungry, blessing for parish
By Elizabeth FisherSpecial to the CS&T BRISTOL – To the members of St. Ann Parish in Bristol, Thanksgiving means wielding a long spoon. They not only give thanks to God for their own blessings, they make the holiday dinner possible for families who can’t otherwise afford a turkey and the trimmings. In the past 14 […]
Two Catholic schools earn national blue ribbons
Mary, Mother of the Redemer and Ancillae- Assumpta earn national recognition By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T NORTH WALES – If Mary, Mother of the Redeemer School in North Wales was an automobile, it would be a Bugatti. The Bugatti holds the record for accelerating from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in 2.4 seconds. […]
Cardinal to bless Baby Jesus statues, images Dec. 5 at Cathedral
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Cardinal Justin Rigali is inviting the faithful to join him at the Archdiocese’s sixth annual “Bless the Baby Jesus” devotion and Second Sunday of Advent Mass, which he will celebrate at 11 a.m. Dec. 5 at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul, 18th Street and […]