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Little Leaguers make ‘community proud’
John KnebelsSports Columnist The wins kept coming. Before long, winning was expected. But when your ultimate goal is to advance all the way to the Little League World Series, the chances of actually realizing your dreams are rather slim. “The further you get, the more difficult the competition,” said Keith Fogarty, a member of Our […]
Sister’s still happy, sprightly at 100
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T There was pizza and beer courtesy of Sister of St. Francis Cecil Gabriel DePrisco for everyone in her unit at her congregation’s retirement facility, Assisi House in Aston. And why not? It was her 100th birthday celebration. For Sister Cecil, life began July 15, 1910, as Maria DePrisco, the […]
450 attend national conference in Pa.
By Arlene EdmondsSpecial to The CS&T BLUE BELL – Catholics throughout the Delaware Valley were among those who attended the 2010 National Theology of the Body Congress last week. It was a full house at Normandy Farm Hotel and Conference Center on the campus of the Blue Bell Country Club for the July 28 to […]
Sometimes, call to priesthood takes its time
By Matthew GambinoDirector & General Manager Kevin Mulligan has played countless golf courses. Always sure of his ability to strike the ball well or choose the right club. Never afraid of sand bunkers or fairway roughs in which the ball might lie. Confident that on a course, he’s never alone. But it was Good Friday […]
Numbers tell of change, growth
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Statistics and population trends are important in parish planning. Consider this: St. Brendan Parish was founded in the Germantown section of the city in 1925 and suppressed just nine years later. St. Hubert, a German national parish, was founded in the Tacony section of the city in 1924 but […]
Roman Catholic grad’s road opens onto the world
‘Sometimes young people are underestimated’ By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T If anyone challenges Stefan Johnson to a game of “Show and Tell,” there is an overwhelming chance that he will emerge victorious. Among his most prized possessions is a framed hand-written letter from President Barack Obama that rests proudly on the mantle piece of […]
Gospel Roads paves way through Philadelphia
By Marimah BranchSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – The road to heaven is not always paved with gold. Thirty-five young adults and chaperones recently paved that road with the Gospel. During the week of July 17 to 25, a group of volunteers from the Salesians of John Bosco joined 15 members of the youth group […]
Cardinal Rigali installs Father Paul Kennedy as regional vicar for Philadelphia-North
ONE OF THEIR OWN – Father Paul M. Kennedy, pastor of St. Katherine of Siena Parish in the Torresdale section of the city, is installed by Cardinal Justin Rigali as vicar of Philadelphia-North during Vespers Sunday, Aug. 1, at St. Katherine of Siena Church. Pastor there since 2005, he succeeds Msgr. Joseph L. Logrip as […]
The faces of hunger
St. Francis Inn in Kensington brings volunteers and community together to share meals, hope and love By Msgr. Francis Carbine Special to The CS&T As you drive south on Kensington Avenue from Lehigh Avenue toward Girard Avenue in Philadelphia, your eye will be surprised by a large, bright, yellow mural of St. Francis of Assisi. […]
OYYA hosts soccer tournament for Hispanic young adults
By Andrea MontilloSpecial to The CS&T BENSALEM – Approximately 60 young men ages 18 to 30 who represented five different parishes from around the Archdiocese traveled to our Lady of Fatima Parish in Bensalem July 31 for the second annual Torneo de Fútbol Juvenil (Soccer Tournament) sponsored by Hispanic Ministry in the Office for Youth […]