Nativity of Our Lord students hold toy drive for Operation Santa Claus

SS. Peter and Paul School receives Middle States accreditation

WEST CHESTER – SS. Peter and Paul Elementary School in West Chester received a certificate of accreditation from the Middle States Commission on Elementary Schools Dec. 1.Middle States accreditation signifies the educational community of SS. Peter and Paul has engaged in a rigorous process of developing self-knowledge; has hosted an evaluation team of independently appointed […]

Devon Prep donates over 5,000 food items to St. Elizabeth’s Community Center

DEVON – Devon Prep’s Christian Action Program (CAP) recently sponsored its annual Harvest TIDE Food Drive to benefit St. Elizabeth’s Community Center in North Philadelphia. The members of CAP worked tirelessly this year to ensure at least 100 families would have food for Thanksgiving and beyond. The sixth through 12th grades collected over 5,300 food […]

Tradition gets a technology upgrade

By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – Cardinals John O’Hara, John Krol, Anthony Bevilacqua and Justin Rigali. Four consecutive Archbishops of Philadelphia uphold a joyful tradition that traces back to 1956 when Cardinal O’Hara was not yet a cardinal. It’s the annual Cardinal’s (some years Archbishop’s) Christmas Party for Children, when children representing the […]

Open your heart, go to confession during Advent

By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer Confession at Christmastime need not be a burdensome chore, insist priests of the Philadelphia Archdiocese. “Just like the body cannot live without food, the soul cannot live without grace – the presence of God, the presence of the Holy Spirit,” said Retired Auxiliary Bishop Louis A. DeSimone, now in […]

Young Iraqis discuss hostility in home country

By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&TVILLANOVA – It doesn’t matter whether you are Muslim or Christian, the best thing to do when your life is seriously at risk where you live is get out of town. Four young Iraqis who escaped the civil strife endemic in post-Saddam Hussein Baghdad told their stories at a Dec. […]

Uniting Iraqi families in America

By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T UPPER UWCHLAN – Jesus never elaborated much about the Good Samaritan, other than that he saw a need and acted when others didn’t. Chances are, he wasn’t coming down that road to purposely do a good deed, and he probably looked around to make certain the robbers who assaulted […]

New commission to assess Catholic education

By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T As a first fruit of his Oct. 19 pastoral letter, “Called to Conversion and Holiness,” which called for a strategic plan for the Archdiocese in the 21st century, Cardinal Justin Rigali announced the membership of a newly formed Blue Ribbon Commission on Catholic Education at a Dec. 5 press […]

West, Wood, La Salle advance to semifinals

John KnebelsSports Columnist By now, out-of-area Pennsylvania high schools are probably sick and tired of the Philadelphia Catholic League making headlines. Well, they had better find some medicine because there’s a huge dose of local football coming their way this weekend. Each of the three Catholic League representatives survived their PIAA state quarterfinal challenges. Therefore, […]