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Resilient Saints snag baseball title
By John KnebelsSports Columnist Borrowing a theme from Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” Neumann-Goretti High School’ s baseball team was at one point dead as a doornail. Dead. Finished. Kaput. So how is it that Neumann-Goretti was able to capture its second Catholic League baseball title in three years by edging Monsignor Bonner, 3-1, in […]
Prep savors lacrosse championship win
John KnebelsSports Columnist Patience being a virtue, St. Joseph’s Prep lacrosse fans probably have earned some major purgatory points over the past several years. The goal? Win a Catholic League championship. The method? Find a way to defeat perennial champion and uber-rival juggernaut La Salle High School. The Prep’s faith was rewarded on a hot […]
A modern miracle of fishes and rice
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to the CS&T Should you ever visit the deceptively beautiful Republic of Haiti on the western third of the Caribbean Island of Hispaniola, and stray beyond the few tourist enclaves or walled compounds of the privileged class, you will encounter unspeakable poverty. If you don’t come away without at least a twinge […]
At St. Mary of the Assumption, a sign of healing
Manayunk parishioners listen, console victim of sexual abuse By John T. GillespieSpecial to the CS&T In an unusual and cathartic exchange, members of St. Mary of the Assumption Parish in Philadelphia’s Manayunk section rallied around a fellow parishioner suffering from abuse by a priest more than 40 years ago. The victim, Joseph Scharff, was 15 […]
Low enrollment impacts two Delco schools
CS&T Staff Report Due to extremely low projected school enrollment, parents of two Delaware County parish grade schools learned June 7 that the schools will not reopen in the fall. At Our Lady of Charity School in Brookhaven and St. Philomena School in Lansdowne, 89 and 88 students respectively are re-registered for the new school […]
New director of child protection hired
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Cardinal Justin Rigali has announced the hiring of Leslie J. Davila as the new director of the archdiocesan Office for Child and Youth Protection. She has 15 years experience in the field of victim services, including, since 1999, assistant director and a victim assistance coordinator in the Philadelphia District […]
19 permanent deacons ordained
Click here to see a slide show of the ordination By Lou BaldwinSpecial to the CS&T The Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul was jammed June 4, as family, friends, clergy and fellow parishioners turned out for the ordination by Cardinal Justin Rigali of 19 men for the permanent diaconate. Preaching at a ceremony […]
Crusaders nab softball title from Bambies
John KnebelsSports Columnist When Lansdale Catholic joined the Catholic League three years ago, one of the concerns was how long it would take for some of their athletic teams to compete with the more established programs. As for softball? Not a problem. Playing against three-time defending champion St. Hubert’s May 25 at Arcadia University, the […]
Local man set to tell story ‘with a moral’
By Elizabeth FisherSpecial to the CS&T Joseph Ruggiero is living yet another dream: The retired psychologist who founded Self-Help Inc., a successful long-term addiction treatment facility in Northeast Philadelphia, which was one of his dreams about 30 years ago, is on hand as the novel he wrote in 2002 becomes a movie. And according to […]
Deacons celebrate 25 years of ordained service in Archdiocese
To meet our new deacons, click here By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T As is their custom, permanent deacons from the Philadelphia Class of 1986 came together on Saturday, May 21, to celebrate the anniversary of their diaconal ordination. This celebration, with a Mass at St. Colman Church in Ardmore, was special: It was the […]