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Pope’s comments in book stir debate
By John ThavisCatholic News Service VATICAN CITY – In a new book, Pope Benedict XVI said the use of condoms may be a sign of moral responsibility in some specific situations when the intention is to reduce the risk of AIDS. The Pope addressed the issue in the book-length interview, “Light of the World: The […]
Prayer vigil for unborn life opens Advent
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer At the request of Pope Benedict XVI, Catholics throughout the world will celebrate a vigil for the unborn Saturday, Nov. 27, the day before the first Sunday of Advent. Cardinal Justin Rigali has asked the priests of the Philadelphia Archdiocese to gather their parishioners a half hour before the […]
New teaching program benefits nine city schools
Alliance for Catholic Education at St. Joe’s U.By Jim GaugerSpecial to The CS&T How can we interest young college students to consider teaching in today’s Catholic schools? Well, if your name is Jesuit Father Daniel R. J. Joyce you do it with an ambitious program named the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) at St. Joseph’s […]
Operation Santa Claus revs up
Christmas charity drive needs volunteersBy Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer Ribbons and scissors, reams of wrapping paper and rolls of tape will soon stock the headquarters of Operation Santa Claus, the annual children’s Christmas charity drive sponsored by the archdiocesan Office for Youth and Young Adults (OYYA). The goal of the drive, now in its […]
North alumni committed to Catholic education
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Tyler Rutledge is a freshman at De Sales University in Center Valley, Pa.; Sarah Rzepczynski is a freshman at St. Hubert High School for Girls in Northeast Philadelphia; Emily Coleman is in sixth grade at St. Martin of Tours School in Philadelphia. All three are receiving Catholic education, at […]
Big gift sends 100 to Catholic schools
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA — Christmas came early for 100 children who, before Thanksgiving, could only have dreamed about attending a Catholic elementary school in the Philadelphia Archdiocese. Their Christmas miracle came in the form of a $750,000 scholarship bequest from the late Robert C. Dunn of Our Mother of Good Counsel […]
Toward an encounter with God incarnate
By Michelle Francl-Donnay Lift up your eyes and look. For who made the stars but He who drills them like an army calling each one by name. So mighty is His power, so great His strength, that not one fails to answer. – Isaiah 40:26 “Why does this time of year have to be so […]
Merion Mercy wins fourth straight volleyball title
By John KnebelsSports Columnist In truth, there was very little chance that Merion Mercy Academy’s volleyball team wasn’t going to win a state championship this year. That’s not a knock on the competition. The Golden Bears were that good. But when the final point was recorded in Saturday night’s PIAA Class AA state title victory […]
Bound for greatness: The road to the state title
By John KnebelsSports Columnist Just 4:06 into the game, junior Mike Frendak plowed through the line and blocked a punt that deflected into the end zone. Archbishop Wood led, 2-0. Too bad for Dobbins Tech that the game couldn’t end right there. By the time Saturday’s “contest” was over, Wood had emerged with a convincing […]
Local Catholic grads play in Army-Navy game
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Navy beat Army 31-17 as sophomore slot back John Howell, a 2009 alumnus of Lansdale Catholic High School, helped break a record for Navy in the 111th meeting between the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis and the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., Saturday, Dec. 11 […]