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Two archdiocesan elementary schools recognized with national award
Corpus Christi School (Lansdale, Montgomery County) and Nativity of Our Lord School (Warminster, Bucks County) have been selected by the United States Department of Education as National Blue Ribbon Schools.
Knights of Holy Sepulcher welcome Archbishop O’Brien in ceremony
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Officials at the Vatican headquarters of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem welcomed U.S. Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien as their new pro-grand master. Archbishop Giuseppe De Andrea, the assessor of the chivalric organization, placed a gold chain and pendant around Archbishop O'Brien's neck and told him his new role "is like a chain that ties him to the Holy Land" and to the knightly order of the Holy Sepulcher.
SS. Simon and Jude School welcomes new principal
WEST CHESTER — The SS. Simon and Jude parish community announced that Sister Jeannine M. Norton, I.H.M., has been named school principal. Sister Norton has more than 40 years experience in Catholic education, 12 of those as a school principal. Most recently, she worked in the Diocese of Savannah, Ga., serving the last six years […]
Program could help more than 12,000 students served by NDS get low-cost internet access
Comcast Corporation recently announced the launch of Internet Essentials, a program which provides families in Philadelphia with children who are eligible to receive free lunches under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) with low-cost Internet service, affordable computers and digital literacy training.
At St. Aloysius, school opens with a taste of summer
The 2011-2012 school year at St. Aloysius Academy in Bryn Mawr started off with a picnic for the students. The academy’s mascot, the Wildcat, was on hand to greet students, who ate their lunch outdoors while listening to music. Parent volunteers handed out ice cream during the event.
Late Vatican nuncio to U.S. remembered at memorial liturgy at National Shrine
Archbishop Pietro Sambi, the late Vatican nuncio to the United States, "viewed his diplomatic vocation, as an ambassador of the vicar of the crucified one, as an extension of the invitation to mercy, reconciliation, unity, peace and life inherent in the Triumph of the Cross," Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York said Sept. 14.
BLOCS names board of directors
BLOCS (Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools), has named the following people to its board of directors for 2011-2012: Michael G. O’Neill – Chairman; CEO and Founder, Preferred Unlimited, Conshohocken Archbishop Charles Chaput – Honorary Chairman; Archdiocese of Philadelphia Brian McElwee – President; Valley Forge Investment Corporation Michael Young – Vice President, Classic Management Francis […]
Sister Ruth Dolores, I.H.M., dies at 81
Sister Ruth Dolores, I.H.M., formerly Marcella Needham, died in Paoli Hospital Aug. 13 in the 63th year of her religious life. She was 81.
Sister Ildephonse Mary McDevitt, I.H.M., dies at 91
Sister Ildephonse Mary, I.H.M., formerly Angela McDevitt, died in Camilla Hall Aug. 30 in the 74th year of her religious life. She was 91.
Vatican gives traditionalists doctrinal statement to sign
The Vatican has given the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X a formal "doctrinal preamble" listing several principles they must agree with in order to move toward full reconciliation with Church. U.S. Cardinal William J. Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, gave the statement to Bishop Bernard Fellay, head of the society, Sept. 14 during a meeting at the Vatican that lasted more than two hours.