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Siblings’ support vital for seminarians
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T It’s pretty much a given that the presidents of the fan clubs for priests and future priests are usually their moms. Let’s face it, entering a seminary is a life-altering experience, and the mostly young men who do this need as much home support as they can get. That […]
Pope calls for peace, religious freedom
World Day of Peace message By Carol GlatzCatholic News Service VATICAN CITY – Opening 2011 with a strong call for religious liberty, Pope Benedict XVI condemned deadly attacks against Christians and announced a new interfaith meeting next fall in Assisi, Italy. At a Mass Jan. 1 marking the World Day of Peace and a blessing […]
Life-long city man promotes vocations from inner city
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Royal E. (Gene) Brown believes in commitment. Although he is a vice president of treasury services for Independence Blue Cross, where he has been employed for 34 years, and could live anywhere he wants, he’s still committed to his South Philadelphia neighborhood of birth and St. Charles Borromeo Parish. […]
Boys basketball: Nonleague play
By John KnebelsSports Columnist When the Catholic League boys’ basketball season is about to get under way, it’s common for some teams to feel very good about their chances because of how they have performed against non-league competition. If that is the case, then Bishop McDevitt (8-1), La Salle (7-1), Father Judge (7-1), Conwell-Egan (6-2), […]
Love for hoops matched by love for school
By John KnebelsSports Columnist Some athletes aspire to be a star. Some couldn’t care less. Consider Little Flower junior Jen Purcell more of the latter. A third year starter as a guard and forward on a Sentinels team that has reached the Catholic League playoffs the past two seasons, Purcell has always been a no-frills […]
Holy & human: Philadelphia’s saintly bishop
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Last Jan. 10 Catholic Philadelphia celebrated the 150th anniversary of the death and birth into new heavenly life of St. John Neumann, fourth Bishop of Philadelphia. This coming March 28 will see another milestone – the 200th anniversary of his birth into earthly life in Prachatitz, Bohemia, and on […]
Church made memorable news in nation and world
Local Catholic news stands out in 2010In 2010, pope faced tough challenges inside and outside the church JANUARY Haiti quake precipitates calls for prayer, rapid and generous relief effortsPope Benedict XVI prayed for victims of a massive earthquake in Haiti and urged the international community to provide generous assistance to the stricken population of the […]
Local Catholic news stands out in 2010
Church made memorable news in nation and worldIn 2010, pope faced tough challenges inside and outside the church JANUARY Cardinal Justin Rigali commemorated the 150th anniversary of the death of St. John Neumann with a special Mass at the National Shrine Jan. 5. Cardinal Rigali asked all Catholics of the Archdiocese to join him in […]
Ivy League senior will attend Seminary
More information about National Vocation Awareness Week By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Eric Banecker of Epiphany of Our Lord Parish in South Philadelphia received an early Christmas present this past December. The 21-year-old, presently a senior at the University of Pennsylvania, was informed that he has been accepted to St. Charles Borromeo […]
What is the Mass?
A concise answer to this question is found in the fifth “Luminous Mystery” of the Rosary proposed by Pope John Paul II: “The institution of the Eucharist as the sacramental expression of the Paschal Mystery.” At the Last Supper, the night before He died, offering Himself to the Father for our salvation, Jesus instituted the […]